Merge branch 'cherry-pick-log4j-2.17' into 'release/0.12'

Cherry pick log4j 2.17 changes into release/0.12

See merge request !134

pom.xml

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <netty-bom.version>4.1.63.Final</netty-bom.version>
     <snakeyaml.version>1.26</snakeyaml.version>
     <commons-codec.version>1.14</commons-codec.version>
-    <log4j2.version>2.16.0</log4j2.version>
+    <log4j2.version>2.17.0</log4j2.version>
   </properties>
 
   <licenses>