diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 54af4a4..58f9ccc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 		<geotools.version>16.1</geotools.version>
 		<lombok.version>1.16.12</lombok.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.22</slf4j.version>
-		<log4j.version>2.7</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
 		<java.version>1.8</java.version>
 		<plugin.compiler.version>3.6.0</plugin.compiler.version>
 	</properties>