diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 76263f663435..2b7d7df68f22 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@
 		<hamcrestVersion>2.2</hamcrestVersion>
 
 		<slf4jVersion>1.7.36</slf4jVersion>
-		<log4jVersion>2.22.1</log4jVersion>
+		<log4jVersion>2.23.1</log4jVersion>
 		<owaspCsrfGuardVersion>4.2.1</owaspCsrfGuardVersion>
 
 		<customArgLineForTesting />