diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e99ec617..97009c84 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         <commons.logging.version>1.2</commons.logging.version>
         <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
         <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
-        <log4j2.version>2.12.1</log4j2.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.17.1</log4j2.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.26</slf4j.version>
         <jboss.logging.version>3.4.1.Final</jboss.logging.version>
         <syslog4j.version>0.9.30</syslog4j.version>