diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 41d409c..a198b6f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <groovy.version>4.0.12</groovy.version>
-    <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
   </properties>
 
   <!-- we only need to tell maven where to find our parent pom and other QBiC dependencies -->