diff --git a/tools/bluenimble-broker/pom.xml b/tools/bluenimble-broker/pom.xml
index 245380db..91754204 100644
--- a/tools/bluenimble-broker/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/bluenimble-broker/pom.xml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 		    <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-		    <version>2.10.0</version>
+		    <version>2.17.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 		    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>