diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f22d5261..43dc5ada 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
         </sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>
 
         <!-- logging dependencies -->
-        <log4j2.version>2.22.1</log4j2.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.23.0</log4j2.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.33</slf4j.version>
 
         <!-- dependencies: compile and runtime -->