diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4fb33c8..33636aa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
 		<apache-geode.version>1.14.4</apache-geode.version>
 		<assertj.version>3.24.2</assertj.version>
 		<junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
-		<log4j.version>2.19.0</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.17.2</log4j.version>
 		<logback.version>1.2.11</logback.version>
 		<lombok.version>1.18.30</lombok.version>
 		<mockito.version>4.5.1</mockito.version>