diff --git a/status/java/status-api/pom.xml b/status/java/status-api/pom.xml
index 376314e0..d5e5d9e0 100644
--- a/status/java/status-api/pom.xml
+++ b/status/java/status-api/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.15.0</version>
+      <version>2.17.1</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>