diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/pom.xml
index 31413f967e..ec677e41b6 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-academy/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <!-- Logging -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j18-impl</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Testing -->
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javafx-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javafx-example/pom.xml
index 94b2a59ede..a2205e606f 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javafx-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-javafx-example/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <!-- Logging -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j18-impl</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- JavaFX -->
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example/pom.xml
index 7f741acfbc..098a7def62 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-jpa-example/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         <!-- Logging -->       
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j18-impl</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Testing -->
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-oracle-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-oracle-example/pom.xml
index 41b6d8e077..631c16b1f9 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-oracle-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-oracle-example/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
         <!-- Logging -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j18-impl</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Testing -->
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-r2dbc-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-r2dbc-example/pom.xml
index 28c1fb3c63..b3b8dd5bfc 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-r2dbc-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-r2dbc-example/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j18-impl</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml
index 6a1d4f9186..9cb2ef89b5 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spark-example/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <!-- Logging -->   
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j18-impl</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/pom.xml
index 957ad39ff3..d88d9654eb 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-spring-boot-example/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         <!-- jOOQ can log to slf4j out of the box, if made available. Alternatively, use the logging starters -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j18-impl</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-testcontainers-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-testcontainers-example/pom.xml
index 31f6c9de7b..5a45614bc7 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-testcontainers-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-testcontainers-example/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j18-impl</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-testcontainers-flyway-example/pom.xml b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-testcontainers-flyway-example/pom.xml
index 6bb768d690..82e3f9310c 100644
--- a/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-testcontainers-flyway-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jOOQ-examples/jOOQ-testcontainers-flyway-example/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j18-impl</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2646765165..0f954af9e9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
         <!-- R2DBC SPI version and some matching driver versions -->
         <io.r2dbc.version>1.0.0.RELEASE</io.r2dbc.version>
-        
+
         <!-- From JDK 19 onwards, this is the required version of Xtend -->
         <xtend.version>2.29.0</xtend.version>
 
@@ -340,8 +340,8 @@
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-                <artifactId>log4j-slf4j18-impl</artifactId>
-                <version>2.18.0</version>
+                <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
+                <version>2.19.0</version>
                 <scope>provided</scope>
                 <optional>true</optional>
             </dependency>