diff --git a/tools/nibrs-staging-data-common/pom.xml b/tools/nibrs-staging-data-common/pom.xml
index e6284aaac..cc93f457c 100644
--- a/tools/nibrs-staging-data-common/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/nibrs-staging-data-common/pom.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>2.6</version>
+			<version>2.17.1</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>