diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 613b532bdc..4bcbae003f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
       <proton.version>0.34.1</proton.version>
       <protonj2.version>1.0.0-M17</protonj2.version>
       <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
-      <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
+      <log4j.version>2.21.1</log4j.version>
       <qpid.jms.version>1.10.0</qpid.jms.version>
       <johnzon.version>1.2.21</johnzon.version>
       <hawtbuff.version>1.11</hawtbuff.version>