diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b24608dc..83a90715 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.0-beta1</version>
+            <version>3.0.0-beta2</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- io -->
         <dependency>