diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 623955fd3..38cae2936 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.2</version>
+            <version>2.25.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>