diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9282f4617097..9e77dd3d6635 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.15.0</version>
+            <version>2.17.1</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>