diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 40d91c4dd..0962abf5b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <redback.spring-utils.version>2.1</redback.spring-utils.version>
     <redback.taskqueue.version>2.1</redback.taskqueue.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
-    <log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.17.0</log4j.version>
 
     <spring.version>4.2.1.RELEASE</spring.version>