diff --git a/example-testng-log4j/pom.xml b/example-testng-log4j/pom.xml
index d19f729c..0b3b126e 100644
--- a/example-testng-log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/example-testng-log4j/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.19.0</version>
+            <version>2.25.3</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>