diff --git a/vulnerable-application/pom.xml b/vulnerable-application/pom.xml
index eaa0023..9cf1135 100644
--- a/vulnerable-application/pom.xml
+++ b/vulnerable-application/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.14.1</version>
+            <version>2.17.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-api -->
         <dependency>