diff --git a/aws-iot-softwarepackage/pom.xml b/aws-iot-softwarepackage/pom.xml
index f7dfc95..84a6362 100644
--- a/aws-iot-softwarepackage/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-iot-softwarepackage/pom.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         <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.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-slf4j-impl -->
         <dependency>