diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2370c1e..9a9f320 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <github.repo.name>leader-election</github.repo.name>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
-    <log4j.version>2.14.0</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
     <jackson.version>2.12.1</jackson.version>
     <javac.target>11</javac.target>
     <os-maven-plugin.version>1.6.2</os-maven-plugin.version>