diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0021f5e069..d49be956c4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
         <netty.version>4.1.100.Final</netty.version>
         <bouncycastle.version>1.70</bouncycastle.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.9</slf4j.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.21.0</log4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <profiles>