diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b919ac9..915cb80 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.11.1</version>
+      <version>2.17.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>