diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d1e7dfd87..ca29bc14d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.3</version>
+            <version>2.17.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>