diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2980b9436c..bce40bf8ed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <jaxb-runtime.version>2.3.1</jaxb-runtime.version>
         <!-- NOTE: Jetty needed for Solr, Handle Server & tests -->
         <jetty.version>9.4.41.v20210516</jetty.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.16.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.17.0</log4j.version>
         <pdfbox-version>2.0.24</pdfbox-version>
         <poi-version>3.17</poi-version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>