diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d75b2f02c..280bd7fe5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <java.version>8</java.version>
         <zookeeper.version>3.5.9</zookeeper.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.25.5</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.26.1</log4j.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.12</slf4j.version>
         <ehcache.version>3.10.8</ehcache.version>
         <junit.version>5.10.2</junit.version>