diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a6f54a1b7..e9db31e82 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     <swagger-annotation.version>1.6.2</swagger-annotation.version>
     <calendar-api.version>v3-rev300-1.23.0</calendar-api.version>
     <json.version>20170516</json.version>
-    <log4j2.version>2.12.0</log4j2.version>
+    <log4j2.version>2.17.1</log4j2.version>
     <json-schema-validator.version>2.2.14</json-schema-validator.version>
   </properties>