diff --git a/tool_files/maven_3_3_9/pom.xml b/tool_files/maven_3_3_9/pom.xml
index 82061cc7..3d9a70a6 100644
--- a/tool_files/maven_3_3_9/pom.xml
+++ b/tool_files/maven_3_3_9/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.2</version>
+        <version>2.13.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.eclipse.jdt/org.eclipse.jdt.core -->
     <dependency>