diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index da3800c..c7c48b8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.2</version>
+        <version>2.17.1</version>
         <scope>runtime</scope>
       </dependency>
       <!-- End of Logging dependencies -->