diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d620816..9aac05f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.5</version>
+            <version>2.17.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- End: log4j2 -->