diff --git a/src/adservice/build.gradle b/src/adservice/build.gradle
index 840c07696ce..269f0d6839f 100644
--- a/src/adservice/build.gradle
+++ b/src/adservice/build.gradle
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dependencies {
                 "io.grpc:grpc-stub:${grpcVersion}",
                 "io.grpc:grpc-netty:${grpcVersion}",
                 "io.grpc:grpc-services:${grpcVersion}",
-                "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.17.1"
+                "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.17.2"
 
         runtimeOnly "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:${jacksonVersion}",
                 "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${jacksonVersion}",