diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 09b029a..8e0f7ba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.8.1</version>
+			<version>2.17.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>