diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 03b0934..6660efe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 		<maven.compiler.encoding>UTF-8</maven.compiler.encoding>
 		<vertx.version>4.0.2</vertx.version>
 		<junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
-		<log4j.version>2.14.0</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.17.0</log4j.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencyManagement>