diff --git a/webbeans-gradle/pom.xml b/webbeans-gradle/pom.xml
index 15146ab6c..611c3d615 100644
--- a/webbeans-gradle/pom.xml
+++ b/webbeans-gradle/pom.xml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.16.0</version>
+      <version>2.17.1</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>