diff --git a/multithreading/pom.xml b/multithreading/pom.xml
index 6b46e71..ae8c512 100644
--- a/multithreading/pom.xml
+++ b/multithreading/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.12.1</version>
+			<version>2.16.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.testng/testng -->
 		<dependency>