diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 61c04f9..32fd7a8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		  	<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
   			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-  			<version>2.16.0</version>
+  			<version>2.17.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Runtime dependencies -->