diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index f3119e240..a7505c603 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.12.1</version>
+            <version>2.15.0</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>