diff --git a/jetcd-examples/jetcd-simple-ctl/pom.xml b/jetcd-examples/jetcd-simple-ctl/pom.xml
index 393d4de6e..86215d8ec 100644
--- a/jetcd-examples/jetcd-simple-ctl/pom.xml
+++ b/jetcd-examples/jetcd-simple-ctl/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>2.10.0</version>
+      <version>2.17.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>