diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5237811754..400a49b3bd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         <junit.version>5.8.2</junit.version>
         <fabric8-client.version>5.12.2</fabric8-client.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.17.2</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.18.0</log4j.version>
         <mokito.version>4.6.1</mokito.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.12.0</commons-lang3.version>
         <auto-service.version>1.0.1</auto-service.version>