diff --git a/tools/clients/pom.xml b/tools/clients/pom.xml
index 47d573334..f18d01e84 100644
--- a/tools/clients/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/clients/pom.xml
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.3</version>
+            <version>2.17.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.json/json -->
         <dependency>