diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b7813c08d..2cc6ff799 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-        <version>2.22.0</version>
+        <version>2.25.3</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
diff --git a/test_support/pom.xml b/test_support/pom.xml
index be6c67f5e..0edd97c2e 100644
--- a/test_support/pom.xml
+++ b/test_support/pom.xml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-          <version>2.22.0</version>
+          <version>2.25.3</version>
       </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>