diff --git a/citation-editor-plugin/pom.xml b/citation-editor-plugin/pom.xml
index 0adfcea3..b414419e 100644
--- a/citation-editor-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/citation-editor-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.2</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>