diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ed3d86d..b89e895 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 .settings
 target
 out.json
+.factorypath
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a141366..01e2f03 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<jersey.version>1.19.4</jersey.version>
-    	<log4j.version>[2.15.0,)</log4j.version>
+    	<log4j.version>[2.17.1,)</log4j.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>