diff --git a/hopsworks-common/pom.xml b/hopsworks-common/pom.xml
index 13c058f60..4a5c298a2 100644
--- a/hopsworks-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hopsworks-common/pom.xml
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.6.2</version>
+        <version>2.17.1</version>
 
     </dependency>
     <dependency>