diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ecae24a..43099c4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.2</version>
+            <version>2.25.3</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- A dependency which has several transitive dependencies -->