diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4ba676b..7096f16 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-          <version>2.5</version>
+          <version>2.17.1</version>
       </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>