diff --git a/data-prepper-core/build.gradle b/data-prepper-core/build.gradle
index 10e7732936..996a13fef9 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/build.gradle
+++ b/data-prepper-core/build.gradle
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
     }
     implementation 'software.amazon.cloudwatchlogs:aws-embedded-metrics:2.0.0-beta-1'
-    testImplementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-jpl:2.23.0'
+    testImplementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-jpl:2.23.1'
     testImplementation testLibs.spring.test
     implementation libs.armeria.core
     implementation libs.armeria.grpc