diff --git a/presto-elasticsearch/pom.xml b/presto-elasticsearch/pom.xml
index b4a52f26b4d11..85bf45d8bde3f 100644
--- a/presto-elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/presto-elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <air.main.basedir>${project.parent.basedir}</air.main.basedir>
-        <dep.log4j.version>2.9.1</dep.log4j.version>
+        <dep.log4j.version>2.17.1</dep.log4j.version>
         <dep.elasticsearch.version>6.0.0</dep.elasticsearch.version>
     </properties>