diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cb5b3a1..5360213 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.4.1</version>
+            <version>2.17.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>