diff --git a/jans-auth-server/agama/engine/pom.xml b/jans-auth-server/agama/engine/pom.xml
index e6620c249ca..dbed3192ad7 100644
--- a/jans-auth-server/agama/engine/pom.xml
+++ b/jans-auth-server/agama/engine/pom.xml
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.19.0</version>
+            <version>2.24.0</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>