diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ffe8c9b..1367ad8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
   <dependency>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-    <version>2.13.3</version>
+    <version>2.17.1</version>
   </dependency>
   <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.github.pityka/fileutils -->
 <dependency>