diff --git a/blogApiTests/pom.xml b/blogApiTests/pom.xml
index 3ab85e47..c05f896a 100644
--- a/blogApiTests/pom.xml
+++ b/blogApiTests/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.13.3</version>
+			<version>2.17.1</version>
 		</dependency>