diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b67ee696..d8edee4b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
 		<dependency>
       		<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       		<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      		<version>2.13.3</version>
+      		<version>2.17.1</version>
 		</dependency>
     	<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-core -->
 		<dependency>