diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index edcd4ad0..486cdd58 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <aether-version>1.1.0</aether-version>
         <slf4j-version>1.8.0-beta4</slf4j-version>
-        <log4j-version>2.13.3</log4j-version>
+        <log4j-version>2.17.0</log4j-version>
         <junit.jupiter.version>5.6.2</junit.jupiter.version>
     </properties>