diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e41bd1..8b2c190 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.17.2</version>
+        <version>2.20.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.poi</groupId>