diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bed9a58..cbda788 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
         <spring.boot.version>2.7.17</spring.boot.version>
 
         <slf4j.version>2.0.9</slf4j.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.21.0</log4j.version>
 
         <commons-io.version>2.14.0</commons-io.version>
         <javax.jaxb-api.version>2.3.1</javax.jaxb-api.version>