diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e9f246202b..76397ae657 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 		<maxmem>512M</maxmem>
 		<mmtf.version>1.0.11</mmtf.version>
 		<slf4j.version>2.0.12</slf4j.version>
-		<log4j.version>2.23.1</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
 		<junit-jupiter.version>5.10.1</junit-jupiter.version>
 		<ciftools.artifact>ciftools-java</ciftools.artifact>
 		<ciftools.version>7.0.1</ciftools.version>