diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d933344c401..4c6bf7cbeb7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
       <proton.version>0.34.1</proton.version>
       <protonj2.version>1.1.0</protonj2.version>
       <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
-      <log4j.version>2.25.4</log4j.version>
+      <log4j.version>2.26.0</log4j.version>
       <qpid.jms.version>1.16.0</qpid.jms.version>
       <johnzon.version>1.2.22</johnzon.version>
       <hawtbuff.version>1.11</hawtbuff.version>