diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f9896ce..4a5f867 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.18.0</version>
+      <version>2.25.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>