diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fecc82b60..ce08cbdd2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.7</version>
+			<version>1.2.17</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.json/json -->
 		<dependency>