diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index a5a5b07a..c2ae00aa 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ allprojects {
 
   dependencies {
     compile 'net.sourceforge.argparse4j:argparse4j:0.5.0'
-    compile 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:2.13.0'
+    compile 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:2.17.1'
     compile 'org.apache.avro:avro:1.4.1'
     compile 'org.json:json:20140107'
     compile 'org.jolokia:jolokia-jvm:1.6.2'