diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c348cd256..0dd46f647 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.14.1</version>
+			<version>2.17.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Required to patch FastQC at runtime -->