diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 60feb1f..7618a42 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         <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>