diff --git a/components/ILIAS/WebServices/RPC/lib/pom.xml b/components/ILIAS/WebServices/RPC/lib/pom.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 65efce6976a..abf02b22eb3
--- a/components/ILIAS/WebServices/RPC/lib/pom.xml
+++ b/components/ILIAS/WebServices/RPC/lib/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.23.1</version>
+            <version>2.25.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-api -->
         <dependency>