diff --git a/clic-master/pom.xml b/clic-master/pom.xml
index 3cba79b7..683b9340 100644
--- a/clic-master/pom.xml
+++ b/clic-master/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.7</version>
+            <version>2.17.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.yaml</groupId>