diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 072025e..acdf941 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <github.repo.name>merkle-tree</github.repo.name>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
-    <log4j.version>2.14.0</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
     <disruptor.version>3.4.2</disruptor.version>
     <commons-codec.version>1.11</commons-codec.version>
     <msgpack.version>0.6.12</msgpack.version>