diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 31fa880..2f2bb8e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         <hsqldb.version>2.3.3</hsqldb.version>
         <postgresql.version>9.4-1201-jdbc4</postgresql.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.13.3</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>