diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ff9e0bc..29ddbdf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     <lombok.version>1.18.10</lombok.version>
     <guice.version>4.2.2</guice.version>
     <vertx.version>3.8.4</vertx.version>
-    <log4j.version>2.17.0</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
     <jackson.version>2.11.4</jackson.version>
 
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>