diff --git a/scalability-evaluation/pom.xml b/scalability-evaluation/pom.xml
index 2af6e08..178de15 100644
--- a/scalability-evaluation/pom.xml
+++ b/scalability-evaluation/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.2</version>
+			<version>2.17.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>