diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f1876c32f..adcb0776b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         <bookkeeper.version>4.14.4</bookkeeper.version>
         <checkstyle.version>10.3.3</checkstyle.version>
         <commons.lang3.version>3.12.0</commons.lang3.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.24</lombok.version>
         <jackson.version>2.13.2</jackson.version>
         <jcommander.version>1.48</jcommander.version>