diff --git a/block-scouter-core/pom.xml b/block-scouter-core/pom.xml
index dae2738..f62f9d0 100644
--- a/block-scouter-core/pom.xml
+++ b/block-scouter-core/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   <properties>
     <!-- loggin properties -->
     <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
-    <log4j.version>2.11.0</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.13.2</log4j.version>
 
     <!-- project reactor -->
     <reactor.version>3.2.5.RELEASE</reactor.version>