diff --git a/webtemplate/pom.xml b/webtemplate/pom.xml
index 9b2ebb23..b051953a 100644
--- a/webtemplate/pom.xml
+++ b/webtemplate/pom.xml
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6.2</version>
+            <version>2.17.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>