diff --git a/dhis-2/pom.xml b/dhis-2/pom.xml
index 087529c22..68cd4fe37 100644
--- a/dhis-2/pom.xml
+++ b/dhis-2/pom.xml
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@
     <powermock.version>1.6.6</powermock.version>
     <jackson.version>2.9.8</jackson.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
-    <log4j.version>2.13.0</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.17.0</log4j.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
     <geotools.version>18.0</geotools.version>
     <jasperreports.version>6.3.1</jasperreports.version>