diff --git a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-logging-plugin/apm-log4j2-plugin/pom.xml b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-logging-plugin/apm-log4j2-plugin/pom.xml
index 7ce9ef4301..6bd62fb2de 100644
--- a/apm-agent-plugins/apm-logging-plugin/apm-log4j2-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/apm-agent-plugins/apm-logging-plugin/apm-log4j2-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.25.2</version>
+            <version>2.25.3</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>