diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3e6ef01765..93a30615b0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
       <netty-tcnative-version>2.0.61.Final</netty-tcnative-version>
       <proton.version>0.34.1</proton.version>
       <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
-      <log4j.version>2.19.0</log4j.version>
+      <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
       <qpid.jms.version>1.9.0</qpid.jms.version>
       <johnzon.version>1.2.16</johnzon.version>
       <hawtbuff.version>1.11</hawtbuff.version>