diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index cf904a2c9f..2609019cb1 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ snappyJavaVersion=1.1.10.7
 # Also, update apacheTomcatVersion above to match Spring Boot's Tomcat dependency version
 springBootVersion=3.4.1
 # This usually matches the Spring Framework version dictated by springBootVersion
-springVersion=6.2.1
+springVersion=6.2.3
 
 sqliteJdbcVersion=3.48.0.0
 
diff --git a/server/bootstrap/build.gradle b/server/bootstrap/build.gradle
index c5fcb3e8e3..b023f18f86 100644
--- a/server/bootstrap/build.gradle
+++ b/server/bootstrap/build.gradle
@@ -66,4 +66,4 @@ project.afterEvaluate  {
             }
         }
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/server/embedded/build.gradle b/server/embedded/build.gradle
index 943cf6b021..8c01df0a60 100644
--- a/server/embedded/build.gradle
+++ b/server/embedded/build.gradle
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ configurations.configureEach {
 }
 
 dependencies {
+    // Needed to support composite Log4j2 plugins using JSONLayout elements
+    implementation "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:${jacksonDatabindVersion}"
+
     implementation("org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web:${springBootVersion}") {
         exclude group: "org.springframework.boot", module: "spring-boot-starter-json" // Not used (?) and pulls in an old version of Jackson
         exclude group: "jakarta.annotation", module: "jakarta.annotation-api" // Already present in tomcat-annotations-api
@@ -77,7 +80,10 @@ dependencies {
     runtimeOnly("org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-dbcp:${apacheTomcatVersion}") {
         exclude group: "org.apache.tomcat", module: "tomcat-juli"
     }
-    runtimeOnly "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:${log4j2Version}"
+    implementation ("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:${log4j2Version}") {
+        exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
+    }
+
     implementation "commons-io:commons-io:${commonsIoVersion}"
     implementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:${log4j2Version}"