diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5486b3534f..0b522a5ac4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.16</version>
+			<version>1.2.12</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>