diff --git a/mathosphere-core/pom.xml b/mathosphere-core/pom.xml
index 1751f0f0..35dbd129 100644
--- a/mathosphere-core/pom.xml
+++ b/mathosphere-core/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.16.0</version>
+            <version>2.17.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency> <!-- Redirect log4j logging to version 2 -->