diff --git a/apache-poi/pom.xml b/apache-poi/pom.xml
index 027ee06968..e6d9d87f55 100644
--- a/apache-poi/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-poi/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         <jexcel.version>1.0.9</jexcel.version>
         <fastexcel.version>0.17.0</fastexcel.version>
         <maven.resources.plugin.version>3.3.1</maven.resources.plugin.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.23.1</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
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