diff --git a/examples/rollbar-log4j2/build.gradle b/examples/rollbar-log4j2/build.gradle
index 9d9c5923..9b197a59 100644
--- a/examples/rollbar-log4j2/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/rollbar-log4j2/build.gradle
@@ -12,5 +12,5 @@ application {
 dependencies {
     implementation project(":rollbar-log4j2")
 
-    implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-slf4j-impl', version: '2.16.0'
+    implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-slf4j-impl', version: '2.17.0'
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 9ffe05fc..e831b945 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-VERSION_NAME=1.8.0
+VERSION_NAME=1.8.1-SNAPSHOT
 GROUP=com.rollbar
 
 POM_DESCRIPTION=For connecting your applications built on the JVM to Rollbar for Error Reporting
diff --git a/rollbar-log4j2/build.gradle b/rollbar-log4j2/build.gradle
index 8a5c224c..131f8016 100644
--- a/rollbar-log4j2/build.gradle
+++ b/rollbar-log4j2/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dependencies {
     api project(':rollbar-java')
 
-    api group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-core', version: '2.16.0'
-    annotationProcessor 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.16.0'
+    api group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-core', version: '2.17.0'
+    annotationProcessor 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.17.0'
 }