diff --git a/log4shell-goof/log4shell-client/pom.xml b/log4shell-goof/log4shell-client/pom.xml
index 42d2b160f1..4706e17ea3 100644
--- a/log4shell-goof/log4shell-client/pom.xml
+++ b/log4shell-goof/log4shell-client/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.14.1</version>
+      <version>2.17.1</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>