diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3c07fb12..4bd29241 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>
 		<spring.version>2.5</spring.version>
 		<jta.version>1.1</jta.version>
-		<log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
 		<junit.version>4.13.1</junit.version>
 		<easymock.version>2.4</easymock.version>