diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a726841..334a3cc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.15.0</version>
+      <version>2.17.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/commons-io/commons-io -->
     <dependency>