diff --git a/vkadd/pom.xml b/vkadd/pom.xml
index db36d4b..39a89c3 100644
--- a/vkadd/pom.xml
+++ b/vkadd/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     <dependency> 
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId> 
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId> 
-      <version>2.7</version> 
+      <version>2.17.1</version> 
     </dependency> 
   </dependencies>
   <build>