diff --git a/pomlp/pom.xml b/pomlp/pom.xml
index b35cc7a1..18ab0b87 100644
--- a/pomlp/pom.xml
+++ b/pomlp/pom.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.16.0</version>
+            <version>2.17.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!--command line options parser