diff --git a/release-common-lib/pom.xml b/release-common-lib/pom.xml
index d4b0d7e62..1c88a14eb 100644
--- a/release-common-lib/pom.xml
+++ b/release-common-lib/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		<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.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>