diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/pom.xml
index f370bc1e1..abb3da553 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <log4j.version>2.14.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.17.0</log4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <distributionManagement>