diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index ddfb706e..f3d38cf1 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 		<maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
 		<junit>4.12</junit>
-		<log4j.version>2.18.0</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>