diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 50bf23264a..1464a0ab78 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -337,14 +337,14 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>log4j-slf4j18-impl</artifactId>
-                <version>2.17.1</version>
+                <version>2.18.0</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
                 <optional>true</optional>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-                <version>2.17.1</version>
+                <version>2.18.0</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
                 <optional>true</optional>
             </dependency>