diff --git a/gradle/libraries.gradle b/gradle/libraries.gradle
index 0b4dc06bc4..ec379cf38a 100644
--- a/gradle/libraries.gradle
+++ b/gradle/libraries.gradle
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ ext {
 
             // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ testing
 
-            log4j2:          "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.17.0",
+            log4j2:          "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.17.1",
             junit:           "junit:junit:${junitVersion}",
             byteman:         "org.jboss.byteman:byteman:${bytemanVersion}",
             byteman_install: "org.jboss.byteman:byteman-install:${bytemanVersion}",