diff --git a/guest/core-java/pom.xml b/guest/core-java/pom.xml
index 5057f7eaed61..d3ea27044246 100644
--- a/guest/core-java/pom.xml
+++ b/guest/core-java/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j2.version>2.8.2</log4j2.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.25.3</log4j2.version>
         <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
     </properties>