diff --git a/project/pom.xml b/project/pom.xml
index 975458165c..5ce1fc3bae 100644
--- a/project/pom.xml
+++ b/project/pom.xml
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
     <modernizer.version>3.2.0</modernizer.version>
 
     <!-- Log dependency versions -->
-    <log4j.version>2.17.2</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.26.1</log4j.version>
     <logback.version>1.5.32</logback.version>
 
     <!-- OSGi dependency versions -->