diff --git a/voltdb/pom.xml b/voltdb/pom.xml
index ab870853ad..13ebc4c14e 100644
--- a/voltdb/pom.xml
+++ b/voltdb/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.7</version>
+			<version>2.12.4</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>