diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index cfbf3f1..67bd5fb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 		<maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyyMMdd-HHmm</maven.build.timestamp.format>
 		<timestamp>${maven.build.timestamp}</timestamp>
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.19</slf4j.version>
-		<log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
 		<biojava.version>6.0.0-alpha2</biojava.version>
 	</properties>