diff --git a/examples/camel-example-google-pubsub/pom.xml b/examples/camel-example-google-pubsub/pom.xml
index ff8d6bce614ca..f5b96b7263b24 100644
--- a/examples/camel-example-google-pubsub/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/camel-example-google-pubsub/pom.xml
@@ -55,17 +55,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>2.7</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/examples/camel-example-kafka/pom.xml b/examples/camel-example-kafka/pom.xml
index 050f705e618cc..51ac5351d5e50 100644
--- a/examples/camel-example-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/camel-example-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -55,17 +55,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-      <version>2.7</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/examples/camel-example-restlet-jdbc/pom.xml b/examples/camel-example-restlet-jdbc/pom.xml
index 676f86f18efa4..c2a6de5bdd16a 100644
--- a/examples/camel-example-restlet-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/camel-example-restlet-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -85,31 +85,26 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
-      <version>2.8.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
-      <version>2.8.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
-      <version>2.8.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
-      <version>2.8.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-web</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
-      <version>2.8.2</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>