diff --git a/Visibility-Collection-Validation/Validators/kafka-influx-linker/src/Snap-Kafka-Linker/pom.xml b/Visibility-Collection-Validation/Validators/kafka-influx-linker/src/Snap-Kafka-Linker/pom.xml
index 7db31c2..2d0bcb7 100644
--- a/Visibility-Collection-Validation/Validators/kafka-influx-linker/src/Snap-Kafka-Linker/pom.xml
+++ b/Visibility-Collection-Validation/Validators/kafka-influx-linker/src/Snap-Kafka-Linker/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
   		<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-  		<version>2.13.2</version>
+  		<version>2.17.1</version>
   	</dependency>
   	<dependency>
   		<groupId>commons-cli</groupId>