diff --git a/log4shell-goof/log4shell-client/pom.xml b/log4shell-goof/log4shell-client/pom.xml
index 3d3e211cca..911a3c13b3 100644
--- a/log4shell-goof/log4shell-client/pom.xml
+++ b/log4shell-goof/log4shell-client/pom.xml
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.14.1</version>
+      <version>2.17.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.14.1</version>
+      <version>2.17.2</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>