diff --git a/mods/simplemagic/pom.xml b/mods/simplemagic/pom.xml
index a5e6c449..5e74d677 100644
--- a/mods/simplemagic/pom.xml
+++ b/mods/simplemagic/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>