diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index a604741d0..d1a6a6049 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   val scalaXml = scala211Module("scala-xml", "1.0.6")
   val scalaParsers = scala211Module("scala-parser-combinators", "1.0.5")
 
-  def log4jVersion = "2.8.1"
+  def log4jVersion = "2.11.1"
   val log4jApi = "org.apache.logging.log4j" % "log4j-api" % log4jVersion
   val log4jCore = "org.apache.logging.log4j" % "log4j-core" % log4jVersion
   val log4jSlf4jImpl = "org.apache.logging.log4j" % "log4j-slf4j-impl" % log4jVersion