diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b4f7f0b..7350577 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         <sonar.links.issue>https://github.com/comixed/comixed-metadata-comicvine/issues</sonar.links.issue>
         <sonar.sources>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</sonar.sources>
         <lombok.version>1.18.30</lombok.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>