diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d0c63b90ba..135fdf2d69 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9488#vulnCurrentDescriptionTitle), the SMTP appender is
          excluded from the build and not packaged into the agent artifacts -->
         <version.log4j>2.12.1</version.log4j>
-        <version.log4j2-ecs-layout>1.0.1</version.log4j2-ecs-layout>
+        <version.log4j2-ecs-layout>1.1.0</version.log4j2-ecs-layout>
         <version.spring>5.0.15.RELEASE</version.spring>
         <version.spring-boot>2.2.2.RELEASE</version.spring-boot>
         <version.jetty-server>9.4.11.v20180605</version.jetty-server>