diff --git a/SBOLCanvasBackend/pom.xml b/SBOLCanvasBackend/pom.xml
index 864b961d..9d202f0a 100644
--- a/SBOLCanvasBackend/pom.xml
+++ b/SBOLCanvasBackend/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>8</maven.compiler.target>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <cdk.version>1.5.14</cdk.version>
-    <log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.25.4</log4j.version>
   </properties>
 
   <repositories>