diff --git a/agent-plugins/agent-httpClient-4.x-plugin/pom.xml b/agent-plugins/agent-httpClient-4.x-plugin/pom.xml
index 41c90ac..97322f0 100644
--- a/agent-plugins/agent-httpClient-4.x-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/agent-plugins/agent-httpClient-4.x-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.2</version>
+            <version>2.17.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>