diff --git a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-internal-avro/pom.xml b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-internal-avro/pom.xml
index 976b067525ec..08369d96df1a 100644
--- a/sdk/storage/azure-storage-internal-avro/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/storage/azure-storage-internal-avro/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.16.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core;external_dependency} -->
+      <version>2.17.0</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core;external_dependency} -->
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>