diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dae76d9cf0140e4c444e79e29c35dd55338d077a..eb2f9a781bd0359d1ec2d29806903e8ac814e2b6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,16 +85,10 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3</version>
-    </dependency>
-    
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3</version>
+      <version>2.6</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>