diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-and-release.yml b/.github/workflows/test-and-release.yml
index fb0f793..09cf063 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-and-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-and-release.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Clojure
         uses: DeLaGuardo/setup-clojure@master
         with:
-          tools-deps: '1.10.3.1040'
+          tools-deps: '1.10.3.1049'
       - name: Cache All The Things
         uses: actions/cache@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-and-snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/test-and-snapshot.yml
index d97b18e..ac85637 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-and-snapshot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-and-snapshot.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Clojure
         uses: DeLaGuardo/setup-clojure@master
         with:
-          tools-deps: '1.10.3.1040'
+          tools-deps: '1.10.3.1049'
       - name: Cache All The Things
         uses: actions/cache@v2
         with:
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Clojure
         uses: DeLaGuardo/setup-clojure@master
         with:
-          tools-deps: '1.10.3.1040'
+          tools-deps: '1.10.3.1049'
       - name: Cache All The Things
         uses: actions/cache@v2
         with:
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Clojure
         uses: DeLaGuardo/setup-clojure@master
         with:
-          tools-deps: '1.10.3.1040'
+          tools-deps: '1.10.3.1049'
       - name: Cache All The Things
         uses: actions/cache@v2
         with:
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Clojure
         uses: DeLaGuardo/setup-clojure@master
         with:
-          tools-deps: '1.10.3.1040'
+          tools-deps: '1.10.3.1049'
       - name: Cache All The Things
         uses: actions/cache@v2
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index afaa289..b6023e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Clojure
         uses: DeLaGuardo/setup-clojure@master
         with:
-          tools-deps: '1.10.3.1040'
+          tools-deps: '1.10.3.1049'
       - name: Cache All The Things
         uses: actions/cache@v2
         with:
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Clojure
         uses: DeLaGuardo/setup-clojure@master
         with:
-          tools-deps: '1.10.3.1040'
+          tools-deps: '1.10.3.1049'
       - name: Cache All The Things
         uses: actions/cache@v2
         with:
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Clojure
         uses: DeLaGuardo/setup-clojure@master
         with:
-          tools-deps: '1.10.3.1040'
+          tools-deps: '1.10.3.1049'
       - name: Cache All The Things
         uses: actions/cache@v2
         with:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 18018d1..00d38cc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 Only accretive/fixative changes will be made from now on.
 
+* 1.2.next in progress
+  * Update log4j2 test dependency.
+  * Update `build-clj` to v0.6.4.
+
 * 1.2.761 -- 2021-12-15
   * Fix #194 by throwing an exception if a table or column name used with the friendly SQL functions (or the SQL builder functions behind them) contains a "suspicious" character (currently, that's just `;`).
   * Update several test dependencies (incl. log4j2).
diff --git a/deps.edn b/deps.edn
index c4de619..93a8787 100644
--- a/deps.edn
+++ b/deps.edn
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  :aliases
  {;; for help: clojure -A:deps -T:build help/doc
   :build {:deps {io.github.seancorfield/build-clj
-                 {:git/tag "v0.6.3" :git/sha "9b8e09b"}}
+                 {:git/tag "v0.6.4" :git/sha "c21cfde"}}
           :ns-default build}
 
   ;; versions to test against:
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@
                       com.microsoft.sqlserver/mssql-jdbc {:mvn/version "9.4.1.jre8"}
                       ;; supplementary test stuff
                       ;; use log4j 2.x:
-                      org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-api {:mvn/version "2.16.0"}
+                      org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-api {:mvn/version "2.17.0"}
                       ;; bridge into log4j:
-                      org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-1.2-api {:mvn/version "2.16.0"}
-                      org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-jcl {:mvn/version "2.16.0"}
-                      org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-jul {:mvn/version "2.16.0"}
-                      org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-slf4j-impl {:mvn/version "2.16.0"}}
+                      org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-1.2-api {:mvn/version "2.17.0"}
+                      org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-jcl {:mvn/version "2.17.0"}
+                      org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-jul {:mvn/version "2.17.0"}
+                      org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-slf4j-impl {:mvn/version "2.17.0"}}
          :jvm-opts ["-Dlog4j2.configurationFile=log4j2-info.properties"]
          :exec-fn cognitect.test-runner.api/test}}}