diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 351c2cca2..06df588f2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     <redback.spring-utils.version>2.0</redback.spring-utils.version>
     <redback.taskqueue.version>2.0</redback.taskqueue.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
-    <log4j.version>2.0-beta8</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.0-beta9</log4j.version>
 
     <spring.version>3.2.4.RELEASE</spring.version>