diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 155afe513..215be7518 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <qwazr.version>1.5.2-SNAPSHOT</qwazr.version>
-    <log4j.version>2.14.1</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>