diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 03ceea43c2f0babf0018c3059299c7acbef53ec3..15a79b75d74cb544b2472ce4d614f914f9585c64 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
 
-    implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.20.0'
-    implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.20.0'
-    implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:2.20.0'
+    implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.23.1'
+    implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.23.1'
+    implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:2.23.1'
 
 
     testImplementation(platform('org.junit:junit-bom:5.9.2'))
diff --git a/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
index ef7f39ab3b0cde57d30573580fe3981ce47624f3..0201fb477f67ab5ed881ed58a793f667bfd9e71d 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<Configuration status="warn" name="simple" packages="">
+<Configuration status="warn" name="simple">
     <Appenders>
         <Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
             <PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %p %m%n"/>