diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c2c8f8b3bd..cb362d8759 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -594,12 +594,12 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-                <version>2.15.0</version>
+                <version>2.17.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-                <version>2.15.0</version>
+                <version>2.17.1</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>commons-validator</groupId>