diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 22cf2d64f6..2d1c3a1591 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
         <junit.version>5.9.2</junit.version>
         <fabric8-client.version>6.7.2</fabric8-client.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.21.0</log4j.version>
         <mokito.version>5.6.0</mokito.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.13.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <compile-testing.version>0.19</compile-testing.version>