diff --git a/api/pacman-api-compliance/pom.xml b/api/pacman-api-compliance/pom.xml
index 80786d6ae..2d3ff953e 100644
--- a/api/pacman-api-compliance/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pacman-api-compliance/pom.xml
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.9.0</version>
+			<version>2.15.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>