diff --git a/quickstart-kafka2/pom.xml b/quickstart-kafka2/pom.xml
index 793fab8..d3e02f9 100644
--- a/quickstart-kafka2/pom.xml
+++ b/quickstart-kafka2/pom.xml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.14.1</version>
+            <version>2.17.1</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>