diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 691efaa4..89ccd1d0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 		<hsqldb.version>2.5.1</hsqldb.version>
 		<jersey.version>2.29.1</jersey.version>
 		<jetty.version>9.4.29.v20200521</jetty.version>
-		<log4j.version>2.12.1</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.12</slf4j.version>
 		<swagger-api.version>2.0.9</swagger-api.version>