diff --git a/apache-shiro/pom.xml b/apache-shiro/pom.xml
index 325a9939b9..850653ef98 100644
--- a/apache-shiro/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-shiro/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <apache-shiro-core-version>1.5.3</apache-shiro-core-version>
-        <log4j-version>1.2.17</log4j-version>
+        <log4j.version>2.17.1</log4j.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/logging-modules/log-mdc/pom.xml b/logging-modules/log-mdc/pom.xml
index a21b9a8fb7..c329a9dbdb 100644
--- a/logging-modules/log-mdc/pom.xml
+++ b/logging-modules/log-mdc/pom.xml
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j2.version>2.7</log4j2.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.17.1</log4j2.version>
         <disruptor.version>3.3.6</disruptor.version>
         <jbosslogging.version>3.3.0.Final</jbosslogging.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/logging-modules/log4j/pom.xml b/logging-modules/log4j/pom.xml
index d3c7f8287e..ac7c8620cd 100644
--- a/logging-modules/log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/logging-modules/log4j/pom.xml
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
 
     <properties>
         <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
-        <log4j-api.version>2.7</log4j-api.version>
-        <log4j-core.version>2.7</log4j-core.version>
+        <log4j-api.version>2.17.1</log4j-api.version>
+        <log4j-core.version>2.17.1</log4j-core.version>
         <disruptor.version>3.3.6</disruptor.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/logging-modules/log4j2/pom.xml b/logging-modules/log4j2/pom.xml
index 0b6fa9b902..c3a3f4e0f9 100644
--- a/logging-modules/log4j2/pom.xml
+++ b/logging-modules/log4j2/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <commons-dbcp2.version>2.1.1</commons-dbcp2.version>
-        <log4j-core.version>2.11.0</log4j-core.version>
+        <log4j-core.version>2.17.1</log4j-core.version>
         <maven.build.timestamp.format>yyyyMMddHHmmss</maven.build.timestamp.format>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/spring-4/pom.xml b/spring-4/pom.xml
index 41f55ea13b..5887bd43e2 100644
--- a/spring-4/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-4/pom.xml
@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.easymock</groupId>
@@ -115,6 +117,7 @@
         <easymock.version>3.6</easymock.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.4.0</hsqldb.version>
         <hikaricp.version>4.0.3</hikaricp.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.17.1</log4j2.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-1/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-1/pom.xml
index b6e3717f7c..594e6459a4 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-1/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-1/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j2.version>2.14.1</log4j2.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.17.1</log4j2.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-archaius/zookeeper-config/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-archaius/zookeeper-config/pom.xml
index 7dfb2c7436..bdd75d0635 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-archaius/zookeeper-config/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-archaius/zookeeper-config/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
     <properties>
         <cloud.zookeeper.version>2.0.0.RELEASE</cloud.zookeeper.version>
         <zookeeper.version>3.4.13</zookeeper.version>
+         <log4j2.version>2.17.1</log4j2.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testing-modules/junit-5/pom.xml b/testing-modules/junit-5/pom.xml
index 69382e5546..f794c3990f 100644
--- a/testing-modules/junit-5/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/junit-5/pom.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j2.version>2.8.2</log4j2.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.17.1</log4j2.version>
         <powermock.version>2.0.9</powermock.version>
         <spring.version>5.0.1.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <surefire.report.plugin>3.0.0-M3</surefire.report.plugin>
diff --git a/testing-modules/junit5-annotations/pom.xml b/testing-modules/junit5-annotations/pom.xml
index fad5402242..a4035a23f1 100644
--- a/testing-modules/junit5-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/junit5-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j2.version>2.8.2</log4j2.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.17.1</log4j2.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/testing-modules/test-containers/pom.xml b/testing-modules/test-containers/pom.xml
index 3975b6df31..bd20035eab 100644
--- a/testing-modules/test-containers/pom.xml
+++ b/testing-modules/test-containers/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <junit.platform.version>1.5.0</junit.platform.version>
-        <log4j2.version>2.12.0</log4j2.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.17.1</log4j2.version>
         <testcontainers.version>1.11.4</testcontainers.version>
         <postgresql.version>42.2.6</postgresql.version>
         <selenium-remote-driver.version>3.141.59</selenium-remote-driver.version>