diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1f91a22..a2a6a3c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <jackson.version>2.10.0.pr1</jackson.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.15.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <build>