diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index abc524a7c..e0e7c52cd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
         <mvel2.version>2.5.2.Final</mvel2.version>
         <snakeyaml.version>2.3</snakeyaml.version>
         <opencsv.version>3.10</opencsv.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.24.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.26.1</log4j.version>
         <!-- Used by unomi-api slf4j dependencies; single place to align SLF4J for the build -->
         <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
         <lucene.version>9.12.2</lucene.version>