diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4c21a7e..21fe774 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 		<apache-geode.version>1.14.2</apache-geode.version>
 		<assertj.version>3.22.0</assertj.version>
 		<junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
-		<log4j.version>2.12.1</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
 		<logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
 		<lombok.version>1.18.22</lombok.version>
 		<mockito.version>4.1.0</mockito.version>