diff --git a/orthoinference/pom.xml b/orthoinference/pom.xml
index fef572a9e..62fff927e 100644
--- a/orthoinference/pom.xml
+++ b/orthoinference/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.11.0</version>
+			<version>2.17.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.reactome.release</groupId>