diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index da9a766615..8457557581 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 		<maxmem>512M</maxmem>
 		<mmtf.version>1.0.7</mmtf.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>
-		<log4j.version>2.6.1</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
 	</properties>
 	<scm>
 		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/biojava/biojava.git</connection>