diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5ab50364..5ff4616f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.2</version>
+            <version>2.5</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>