diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9925ba6..2fcb19d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
         <staxmate.version>2.0.1</staxmate.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.32</slf4j.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
         <mockito.version>2.28.2</mockito.version>
         <jacoco.version>0.8.7</jacoco.version>
         <pitest.version>1.7.2</pitest.version>