diff --git a/compiler/pom.xml b/compiler/pom.xml
index d062be160e65..65713f86787a 100644
--- a/compiler/pom.xml
+++ b/compiler/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
         <profile>
             <id>release</id>
             <properties>
-                <log4j2_version>2.11.1</log4j2_version>
+                <log4j2_version>2.16.0</log4j2_version>
             </properties>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
diff --git a/dubbo-dependencies-bom/pom.xml b/dubbo-dependencies-bom/pom.xml
index fe6da7d96ed3..c94efe9369c8 100644
--- a/dubbo-dependencies-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/dubbo-dependencies-bom/pom.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
         <log4j_version>1.2.16</log4j_version>
         <logback_version>1.2.2</logback_version>
         <!-- Fix the bug of log4j refer:https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/608 -->
-        <log4j2_version>2.15.0</log4j2_version>
+        <log4j2_version>2.16.0</log4j2_version>
         <commons_io_version>2.6</commons_io_version>
 
         <embedded_redis_version>0.10.0</embedded_redis_version>
diff --git a/dubbo-spring-boot/pom.xml b/dubbo-spring-boot/pom.xml
index 4018a46d1cc1..f9e66a7b2dde 100644
--- a/dubbo-spring-boot/pom.xml
+++ b/dubbo-spring-boot/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <spring-boot.version>2.3.1.RELEASE</spring-boot.version>
         <dubbo.version>${revision}</dubbo.version>
         <!-- Fix the bug of log4j refer:https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/608 -->
-        <log4j2_version>2.15.0</log4j2_version>
+        <log4j2_version>2.16.0</log4j2_version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e202b5b73891..27da61b2d469 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
         <profile>
             <id>release</id>
             <properties>
-                <log4j2_version>2.11.1</log4j2_version>
+                <log4j2_version>2.16.0</log4j2_version>
                 <jacoco.skip>false</jacoco.skip>
             </properties>
             <build>