diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4122698..1712805 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         <packageVersion.dir>com/staffbase/plugins/sdk</packageVersion.dir>
         <packageVersion.package>${project.groupId}.json</packageVersion.package>
         <jose4j.version>0.9.4</jose4j.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.23.1</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>4.11.0</mockito.version>
     </properties>