diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ab1618fb..e9d394ea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
         <coveralls-maven-plugin.version>4.3.0</coveralls-maven-plugin.version>
         <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.5</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
         <!--logging-->
-        <log4j.version>2.15.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
         <commons.io.version>2.6</commons.io.version>
         <gson.version>2.8.5</gson.version>