diff --git a/cloudslang-cli/pom.xml b/cloudslang-cli/pom.xml
index 011bd38589..8c9339b78b 100644
--- a/cloudslang-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/cloudslang-cli/pom.xml
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
                             <failOnWarning>true</failOnWarning>
                             <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
                                 <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>javax.xml.bind:jaxb-api:jar:2.3.0</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
-                                <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:jar:2.13.3</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
+                                <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:jar:2.16.0</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
                             </ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependencies>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 51dbc9f39f..ed75096be9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -219,20 +219,20 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-                <version>2.13.3</version>
+                <version>2.16.0</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-                <version>2.13.3</version>
+                <version>2.16.0</version>
             </dependency>
 
             <!-- log4j2 dependency for liquibase -->
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-                <version>2.13.3</version>
+                <version>2.16.0</version>
                 <scope>runtime</scope>
             </dependency>
 
@@ -592,7 +592,8 @@
                                     </ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
                                     <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>log4j:log4j:jar:1.2.17
                                     </ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
-                                    <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:jar:2.13.3
+                                    <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
+                                        org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:jar:2.16.0
                                     </ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
                                     <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
                                         org.eclipse.sisu:org.eclipse.sisu.plexus:jar:0.3.1