diff --git a/src/it/enforce-bytecode-version-multirelease/pom.xml b/src/it/enforce-bytecode-version-multirelease/pom.xml
index e60e0c6e..1ae6454d 100644
--- a/src/it/enforce-bytecode-version-multirelease/pom.xml
+++ b/src/it/enforce-bytecode-version-multirelease/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>2.15.0</version>
+			<version>2.16.0</version>
 			<scope>runtime</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>