diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a12a907a87a..d9f0a694940 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         <dependency.commons-httpclient.version>3.1-HTTPCLIENT-1265</dependency.commons-httpclient.version>
         <dependency.xercesImpl.version>2.12.2</dependency.xercesImpl.version>
         <dependency.slf4j.version>2.0.9</dependency.slf4j.version>
-        <dependency.log4j.version>2.20.0</dependency.log4j.version>
+        <dependency.log4j.version>2.23.1</dependency.log4j.version>
         <dependency.groovy.version>3.0.19</dependency.groovy.version>
         <dependency.tika.version>2.9.1</dependency.tika.version>
         <dependency.truezip.version>7.7.10</dependency.truezip.version>