diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bf65b83471..501a6986cd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 
     <!-- logging -->
     <logback-classic.version>1.5.22</logback-classic.version>
-    <log4j.version>2.25.2</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
 
     <!-- communication -->