diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9ad0a99..74185dc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <elastic-version>6.3.2</elastic-version>
-        <log4j-version>2.8.2</log4j-version>
+        <log4j-version>2.17.1</log4j-version>
         <slf4j-version>1.7.24</slf4j-version>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>