diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2bf522e6c9..ec1b982679 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
         <!-- deps -->
         <netty-native.version>2.0.25.Final</netty-native.version>
         <bc.version>1.67</bc.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.17.0</log4j.version>
         <guava.version>25.1-jre</guava.version>
         <commons.cli.version>1.3.1</commons.cli.version>
         <jackson-databind.version>2.11.2</jackson-databind.version>