diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f91f1dcc..3e49a01b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
         <jdom2.version>2.0.6</jdom2.version>
         <jetty.version>11.0.7</jetty.version>
         <junit.version>5.7.0</junit.version>
-        <log4j2.version>2.15.0</log4j2.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.17.1</log4j2.version>
         <mail.version>1.4.7</mail.version>
         <mockito.version>4.0.0</mockito.version>
         <saaj-impl.version>2.0.1</saaj-impl.version>
diff --git a/spring-ws-core/pom.xml b/spring-ws-core/pom.xml
index 07b317c8..e37fb0de 100644
--- a/spring-ws-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-ws-core/pom.xml
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-slf4j18-impl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.14.1</version>
+            <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>