diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 80e519b55d..cf03373f52 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 		<junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
 		<liquibase.version>3.3.0</liquibase.version>
 		<log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
-		<log4j2.version>2.0.2</log4j2.version>
+		<log4j2.version>2.1</log4j2.version>
 		<logback.version>1.1.2</logback.version>
 		<mockito.version>1.9.5</mockito.version>
 		<mongodb.version>2.12.4</mongodb.version>