diff --git a/scitokens-common/pom.xml b/scitokens-common/pom.xml
index 94dbeec31..a2dde0642 100644
--- a/scitokens-common/pom.xml
+++ b/scitokens-common/pom.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.16.0</version>
+            <version>2.17.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>