diff --git a/gradle/libraries.gradle b/gradle/libraries.gradle
index 3dc8627b14..6aba42a4c5 100644
--- a/gradle/libraries.gradle
+++ b/gradle/libraries.gradle
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ ext {
 
             // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ testing
 
-            log4j2:          "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.14.1",
+            log4j2:          "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.15.0",
             junit:           "junit:junit:${junitVersion}",
             byteman:         "org.jboss.byteman:byteman:${bytemanVersion}",
             byteman_install: "org.jboss.byteman:byteman-install:${bytemanVersion}",