diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 014f131..72e1ea4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
     <jsonld.version>0.13.2</jsonld.version>
     <jsoup.version>1.14.3</jsoup.version>
-    <log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.17.0</log4j.version>
     <mockito.version>2.13.0</mockito.version>
     <resilience4j.version>1.3.1</resilience4j.version>
     <simpleslackapi.version>1.3.0</simpleslackapi.version>