diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 97fe0af7..dc1d138f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.2</version>
+        <version>2.25.3</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>