diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 80db29f..31ad8c5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-                <version>2.7</version>
+                <version>2.17.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>