diff --git a/presto-elasticsearch/pom.xml b/presto-elasticsearch/pom.xml
index 357e13541f06e1e68fb1e61e5bfd814cbd7c8b0b..824de6fc31e7e2b2836d59b221314baf4f2bc5d8 100644
--- a/presto-elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/presto-elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <air.main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</air.main.basedir>
-        <dep.log4j.version>2.9.1</dep.log4j.version>
+        <dep.log4j.version>2.15.0</dep.log4j.version>
         <dep.elasticsearch.version>6.0.0</dep.elasticsearch.version>
         <httpcore-nio.version>4.4.5</httpcore-nio.version>
     </properties>