diff --git a/ml2wf/pom.xml b/ml2wf/pom.xml
index bf3650d7..7f3ee12a 100644
--- a/ml2wf/pom.xml
+++ b/ml2wf/pom.xml
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-		    <version>2.13.3</version>
+		    <version>2.17.1</version>
 		</dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-core -->
         <dependency>