diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/app/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/app/pom.xml
index 93286d3f2..12206f52b 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/app/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/app/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.25.4</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.26.0</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.20.1</aspectj.version>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
index d707a821a..6204dc906 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.25.4</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.26.0</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.20.1</aspectj.version>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
index bfd4f6191..572375100 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Parameters GraalVM</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.25.4</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.26.0</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.20.1</aspectj.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5d9386062..103de62e9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.deploy.plugin.version>3.1.2</maven.deploy.plugin.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.25.4</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.26.0</log4j.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
         <jackson.version>2.21.2</jackson.version>
         <aws.sdk.version>2.44.4</aws.sdk.version>