diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 370c9dd..4eb1b02 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7</version>
+            <version>2.17.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- end of Spring Data Jest dependencies -->
         <dependency>