diff --git a/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch-tests/pom.xml b/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch-tests/pom.xml
index 8a7fceeef..961800638 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch-tests/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <properties>
         <commons-io.version>1.3.2</commons-io.version>
         <jna.version>4.1.0</jna.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.6.2</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
         <elasticsearch.client.rest.version>5.6.3</elasticsearch.client.rest.version>
     </properties>