diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b194749..55fb869 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
         <veidemann.commons.version>0.4.1</veidemann.commons.version>
         <veidemann.rethinkdbadapter.version>0.4.5</veidemann.rethinkdbadapter.version>
         <org.jwat.version>1.1.1</org.jwat.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.7</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.14.0</log4j.version>
         <rethinkdb.version>2.4.0</rethinkdb.version>
 
         <!--suppress UnresolvedMavenProperty -->