diff --git a/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch-tests/elasticsearch-tests-5/build.gradle b/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch-tests/elasticsearch-tests-5/build.gradle
index 6bccb6c58b07..1b8afc2c7e62 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch-tests/elasticsearch-tests-5/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch-tests/elasticsearch-tests-5/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ enableJavaPerformanceTesting()
 description = "Apache Beam :: SDKs :: Java :: IO :: Elasticsearch-Tests :: 5.x"
 ext.summary = "Tests of ElasticsearchIO on Elasticsearch 5.x"
 
-def log4j_version = "2.14.1"
+def log4j_version = "2.15.0"
 def elastic_search_version = "5.6.3"
 
 configurations.all {
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch-tests/elasticsearch-tests-6/build.gradle b/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch-tests/elasticsearch-tests-6/build.gradle
index c4a97c440005..af8aa8555bb9 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch-tests/elasticsearch-tests-6/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch-tests/elasticsearch-tests-6/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ enableJavaPerformanceTesting()
 description = "Apache Beam :: SDKs :: Java :: IO :: Elasticsearch-Tests :: 6.x"
 ext.summary = "Tests of ElasticsearchIO on Elasticsearch 6.x"
 
-def log4j_version = "2.14.1"
+def log4j_version = "2.15.0"
 def elastic_search_version = "6.4.0"
 
 configurations.all {
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch-tests/elasticsearch-tests-7/build.gradle b/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch-tests/elasticsearch-tests-7/build.gradle
index 4d4050425448..f4dabbaa78ef 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch-tests/elasticsearch-tests-7/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch-tests/elasticsearch-tests-7/build.gradle
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ enableJavaPerformanceTesting()
 description = "Apache Beam :: SDKs :: Java :: IO :: Elasticsearch-Tests :: 7.x"
 ext.summary = "Tests of ElasticsearchIO on Elasticsearch 7.x"
 
-def log4j_version = "2.14.1"
+def log4j_version = "2.15.0"
 def elastic_search_version = "7.13.4"
 
 configurations.all {
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch-tests/elasticsearch-tests-common/build.gradle b/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch-tests/elasticsearch-tests-common/build.gradle
index 6f470f277073..e843511331de 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch-tests/elasticsearch-tests-common/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/java/io/elasticsearch-tests/elasticsearch-tests-common/build.gradle
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ applyJavaNature(
 description = "Apache Beam :: SDKs :: Java :: IO :: Elasticsearch-Tests :: Common"
 ext.summary = "Common test classes for ElasticsearchIO"
 
-def log4j_version = "2.14.1"
+def log4j_version = "2.15.0"
 def elastic_search_version = "7.9.2"
 
 configurations.all {
diff --git a/sdks/java/io/hcatalog/build.gradle b/sdks/java/io/hcatalog/build.gradle
index 820418caf912..037efac4e427 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/hcatalog/build.gradle
+++ b/sdks/java/io/hcatalog/build.gradle
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ test {
 
 configurations.testRuntimeClasspath {
   resolutionStrategy {
-    def log4j_version = "2.8.2"
+    def log4j_version = "2.15.0"
     // Beam's build system forces a uniform log4j version resolution for all modules, however for
     // the HCatalog case the current version of log4j produces NoClassDefFoundError so we need to
     // force an old version on the tests runtime classpath