diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 7f2e65d..25d9561 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <guice.version>4.2.2</guice.version>
         <typesafe-guice.version>0.1.0</typesafe-guice.version>
         <resteasy.version>4.1.1.Final</resteasy.version>
-        <log4j2.version>2.15.0</log4j2.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.17.1</log4j2.version>
         <metrics.version>0.5.0</metrics.version>
         <swagger-jaxrs2.version>2.0.9</swagger-jaxrs2.version>