diff --git a/advanced-security-java/pom.xml b/advanced-security-java/pom.xml
index 941e98f..76ca51f 100644
--- a/advanced-security-java/pom.xml
+++ b/advanced-security-java/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.1</version>
+            <version>2.17.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>