diff --git a/cli-ref-project/pom.xml b/cli-ref-project/pom.xml
index b2dc46e..b6a920d 100644
--- a/cli-ref-project/pom.xml
+++ b/cli-ref-project/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	</scm>
 
 	<properties>
-		<log4j.version>2.14.0</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.17.0</log4j.version>
 		<jackson.version>2.11.3</jackson.version>
 		<maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>