diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cb0ebf9..d112db3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
         <!-- Own properties -->
-        <log4j.version>2.12.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.27</slf4j.version>
         <saxon-he.version>9.9.1-8</saxon-he.version>
         <jansi.version>2.4.0</jansi.version>