diff --git a/apis/atmos/pom.xml b/apis/atmos/pom.xml
index 96c38d56a5..12a78a54f0 100644
--- a/apis/atmos/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/atmos/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         <dependency>
            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-           <version>1.2.14</version>
+           <version>1.2.16</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/apis/byon/pom.xml b/apis/byon/pom.xml
index 19cd83ff58..d256eafbc1 100644
--- a/apis/byon/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/byon/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml b/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml
index 2321d21a7b..2eb4e7a9b2 100644
--- a/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/elasticstack/pom.xml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/apis/vcloud/pom.xml b/apis/vcloud/pom.xml
index efc6ebf269..dd4ed64f32 100644
--- a/apis/vcloud/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/vcloud/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         <dependency>
            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-           <version>1.2.14</version>
+           <version>1.2.16</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/apis/vcloudexpress/pom.xml b/apis/vcloudexpress/pom.xml
index 76b5e304ed..ff000b0a16 100644
--- a/apis/vcloudexpress/pom.xml
+++ b/apis/vcloudexpress/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         <dependency>
            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-           <version>1.2.14</version>
+           <version>1.2.16</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 93beb72166..a83017651b 100644
--- a/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/compute-service-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index cd106ea557..93829f53f0 100644
--- a/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/rest-client-archetype/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ $symbol_dollar = '$' )
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/compute/pom.xml b/compute/pom.xml
index 6066534c69..7719a800e4 100644
--- a/compute/pom.xml
+++ b/compute/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         <dependency>
            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-           <version>1.2.14</version>
+           <version>1.2.16</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/demos/gae-tweetstore-spring/pom.xml b/demos/gae-tweetstore-spring/pom.xml
index d365f311e6..cf56a469e1 100644
--- a/demos/gae-tweetstore-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/gae-tweetstore-spring/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>        
         <dependency>
diff --git a/demos/gae-tweetstore/pom.xml b/demos/gae-tweetstore/pom.xml
index 6ced5ca10a..22ccd2ecd3 100644
--- a/demos/gae-tweetstore/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/gae-tweetstore/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.14</version>
+			<version>1.2.16</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/demos/getpath/pom.xml b/demos/getpath/pom.xml
index 887595ce98..192a73e6ee 100644
--- a/demos/getpath/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/getpath/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <dependency>
            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-           <version>1.2.14</version>
+           <version>1.2.16</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/demos/pom.xml b/demos/pom.xml
index 49c2b1d524..9733b74783 100644
--- a/demos/pom.xml
+++ b/demos/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <dependency>
            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-           <version>1.2.14</version>
+           <version>1.2.16</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/drivers/log4j/pom.xml b/drivers/log4j/pom.xml
index f0689f0569..aa7be74097 100644
--- a/drivers/log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/drivers/log4j/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/loadbalancer/pom.xml b/loadbalancer/pom.xml
index fd08a97d6a..029f0da32e 100644
--- a/loadbalancer/pom.xml
+++ b/loadbalancer/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         <dependency>
            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-           <version>1.2.14</version>
+           <version>1.2.16</version>
            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/providers/cloudsigma-zrh/pom.xml b/providers/cloudsigma-zrh/pom.xml
index 1b10f984b4..e21e350295 100644
--- a/providers/cloudsigma-zrh/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/cloudsigma-zrh/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/providers/gogrid/pom.xml b/providers/gogrid/pom.xml
index bdebaf041d..2889202984 100644
--- a/providers/gogrid/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/gogrid/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/providers/slicehost/pom.xml b/providers/slicehost/pom.xml
index 11c7b72c08..a656e8317c 100644
--- a/providers/slicehost/pom.xml
+++ b/providers/slicehost/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/sandbox-apis/cloudstack/pom.xml b/sandbox-apis/cloudstack/pom.xml
index 011515a45b..25ed745e4e 100644
--- a/sandbox-apis/cloudstack/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox-apis/cloudstack/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/sandbox-apis/deltacloud/pom.xml b/sandbox-apis/deltacloud/pom.xml
index 0918f9e504..588b4b6998 100644
--- a/sandbox-apis/deltacloud/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox-apis/deltacloud/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/sandbox-apis/libvirt/pom.xml b/sandbox-apis/libvirt/pom.xml
index 19a1a4a451..531c176535 100644
--- a/sandbox-apis/libvirt/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox-apis/libvirt/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/sandbox-apis/nirvanix/pom.xml b/sandbox-apis/nirvanix/pom.xml
index 673c3016df..6c7a8bda5d 100644
--- a/sandbox-apis/nirvanix/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox-apis/nirvanix/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/sandbox-apis/pcs/pom.xml b/sandbox-apis/pcs/pom.xml
index dc253a8bd8..4b704d47c8 100644
--- a/sandbox-apis/pcs/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox-apis/pcs/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/sandbox-apis/vi/pom.xml b/sandbox-apis/vi/pom.xml
index f3a978046e..ae1fc5fee3 100644
--- a/sandbox-apis/vi/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox-apis/vi/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/sandbox-providers/boxdotnet/pom.xml b/sandbox-providers/boxdotnet/pom.xml
index e08d5db058..911c993330 100644
--- a/sandbox-providers/boxdotnet/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox-providers/boxdotnet/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/sandbox-providers/ibmdev/pom.xml b/sandbox-providers/ibmdev/pom.xml
index 7bfe98c560..3a746a3c21 100644
--- a/sandbox-providers/ibmdev/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox-providers/ibmdev/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/sandbox-providers/rimuhosting/pom.xml b/sandbox-providers/rimuhosting/pom.xml
index ad5ce5b391..3d9c721872 100644
--- a/sandbox-providers/rimuhosting/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox-providers/rimuhosting/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/sandbox-providers/savvis/pom.xml b/sandbox-providers/savvis/pom.xml
index cd738ae757..b715623451 100644
--- a/sandbox-providers/savvis/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox-providers/savvis/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/sandbox-providers/twitter/pom.xml b/sandbox-providers/twitter/pom.xml
index a8312dbd7c..39607f3575 100644
--- a/sandbox-providers/twitter/pom.xml
+++ b/sandbox-providers/twitter/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/skeletons/standalone-compute/pom.xml b/skeletons/standalone-compute/pom.xml
index c48bb9faaa..efb4294adf 100644
--- a/skeletons/standalone-compute/pom.xml
+++ b/skeletons/standalone-compute/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.14</version>
+            <version>1.2.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>