diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 86652c4c..0095b11f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
   <properties>
     <springVersion>3.2.2.RELEASE</springVersion>
     <slf4jVersion>1.7.5</slf4jVersion>
-    <log4j2Version>2.0-beta5</log4j2Version>
+    <log4j2Version>2.0-beta6</log4j2Version>
 
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <gpg.useagent>true</gpg.useagent>