diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 347bd975e..5bab58071 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -249,9 +249,9 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.17</version>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+      <version>2.24.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>