diff --git a/dbdriver/sql4es5/pom.xml b/dbdriver/sql4es5/pom.xml
index 6111f8344..aeed6a1d3 100644
--- a/dbdriver/sql4es5/pom.xml
+++ b/dbdriver/sql4es5/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.6.2</version>
+            <version>2.17.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>