diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 64b121bc7dd..54b1404f194 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         <jersey.version>1.19</jersey.version>
         <druid.api.version>0.3.11</druid.api.version>
         <jackson.version>2.6.1</jackson.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.2</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.3</log4j.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.10</slf4j.version>
         <hadoop.compile.version>2.3.0</hadoop.compile.version>
     </properties>