diff --git a/tests/examples/JDBC/taosdemo/pom.xml b/tests/examples/JDBC/taosdemo/pom.xml
index c6e61f5d22ca83c5d56deef7db9354913a3321b1..4969ac707daca541c2a06f3298599d38fe0e6515 100644
--- a/tests/examples/JDBC/taosdemo/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/examples/JDBC/taosdemo/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.15.0</version>
+            <version>2.16.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- junit -->
         <dependency>