diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f0e310c..2a84077 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
       <junit.version>5.9.1</junit.version>
       <staxmate.version>2.0.1</staxmate.version>
       <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
-      <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
+      <log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
       <mockito.version>5.2.0</mockito.version>
       <jacoco.version>0.8.9</jacoco.version>
       <pitest.version>1.15.2</pitest.version>