diff --git a/persistence-elasticsearch/core/pom.xml b/persistence-elasticsearch/core/pom.xml
index acff5402d..1f87ace48 100644
--- a/persistence-elasticsearch/core/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-elasticsearch/core/pom.xml
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-1.2-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.0</version>
+            <version>2.18.0</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>