diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aed9a15d..be0bc717 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
          <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-         <version>2.15.0</version>
+         <version>2.17.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>