diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 33b74a3..e85395f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ dependencies {
   jaxb "org.glassfish.jaxb:jaxb-runtime:4.0.5"
 
   // https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-core
-  implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.23.1'
+  implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.25.3'
 
   // JAXB API only
   implementation 'jakarta.xml.bind:jakarta.xml.bind-api:4.0.0'