diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 91663e4..26133ff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.15.0</version>
+            <version>2.17.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>