diff --git a/jdbl-core/pom.xml b/jdbl-core/pom.xml
index 37204d4..8f0ef6d 100644
--- a/jdbl-core/pom.xml
+++ b/jdbl-core/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
          <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-         <version>2.13.2</version>
+         <version>2.17.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
          <groupId>log4j</groupId>