diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5b9bb0a2d75..b4d34d56f04 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.17.2</version>
+      <version>2.20.0</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>