diff --git a/preferencesfx-demo/pom.xml b/preferencesfx-demo/pom.xml
index f56268c8..a6d2df10 100644
--- a/preferencesfx-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/preferencesfx-demo/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.15.0</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>