diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 83b8ce9bd..4086592c5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		<geotools.version>19.3</geotools.version>
 		<commons.lang3.version>3.3.1</commons.lang3.version>
 		<commons-io.version>1.3.2</commons-io.version>
-		<log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
 		<javamail.version>1.4</javamail.version>
 		<jackson.version>1.9.2</jackson.version>
 		<javax.servlet-api.version>3.0.1</javax.servlet-api.version>