diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fb38cc3db..0d0113baf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@
 
   <dependencies>
     <!-- Spring and Spring Boot dependencies -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+    <version>2.14.0</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>