diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1537e4b..cbb2960 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.16.0</version>
+            <version>2.17.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>