diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6409a4bd78..abb250c576 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     <jsp-api.version>2.0</jsp-api.version>
     <jsr305.version>3.0.2</jsr305.version>
     <junit.version>5.10.2</junit.version>
-    <log4j.version>2.23.0</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.23.1</log4j.version>
     <mockito.version>4.11.0</mockito.version>
     <openrtf.version>1.2.1</openrtf.version>
     <owasp-java-html-sanitizer.version>20220608.1</owasp-java-html-sanitizer.version>