diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 34c066c..3113980 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <stanford.corenlp.version>3.8.0</stanford.corenlp.version>
-        <log4j-version>2.13.3</log4j-version>
+        <log4j-version>2.17.1</log4j-version>
         <slf4j-version>1.7.30</slf4j-version>
         <exclude.tests></exclude.tests>
     </properties>