diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b74e11d42c..c4fa1ac702 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@
 
         <awaitility.version>4.0.2</awaitility.version>
         <testng.version>7.1.0</testng.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
         <log4j.imp.pkg.version.range>[2.0, 3.0)</log4j.imp.pkg.version.range>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.35</slf4j.version>
         <mvel2.version>2.4.5.Final</mvel2.version>