diff --git a/echoes-gui/echoes-gui-consumer/pom.xml b/echoes-gui/echoes-gui-consumer/pom.xml
index ee827074..c759eba7 100644
--- a/echoes-gui/echoes-gui-consumer/pom.xml
+++ b/echoes-gui/echoes-gui-consumer/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-                <version>2.11.1</version>
+                <version>2.16.0</version>
                 <scope>compile</scope>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>