diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3f72466..8719f75 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <openwebbeans.version>2.0.25</openwebbeans.version>
     <cxf.version>3.5.0</cxf.version>
     <johnzon.version>1.2.14</johnzon.version>
-    <log4j2.version>2.16.0</log4j2.version>
+    <log4j2.version>2.17.0</log4j2.version>
     <deltaspike.version>1.9.5</deltaspike.version>
     <jaxb.version>2.2.11</jaxb.version>
     <openjpa.version>3.2.0</openjpa.version>