diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index 18004395b1..e587b5cdff 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
     <modernizer-maven-annotations.version>1.8.0</modernizer-maven-annotations.version>
 
     <!-- Log dependency versions -->
-    <log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.17.0</log4j.version>
     <logback.version>1.1.2</logback.version>
 
     <!-- OSGi dependency versions -->