diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-gradle-kts/build.gradle.kts b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-gradle-kts/build.gradle.kts
index 03b76cdaf6d..71e0cf981e5 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-gradle-kts/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-gradle-kts/build.gradle.kts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
     api("org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.3.71")
     api("com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-core:1.2.1")
-    api("com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-log4j2:1.5.0")
+    api("com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-log4j2:1.5.1")
     api("org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.30")
     api("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.11.0")
     api("com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.11.0")
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-gradle/build.gradle b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-gradle/build.gradle
index 0d57cede3bc..f105c694a1a 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-gradle/build.gradle
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-gradle/build.gradle
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ dependencies {
   api (
       'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib:1.3.72',
       'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-core:1.2.1',
-      'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-log4j2:1.5.0',
-      'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.17.0',
-      'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.17.0',
+      'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-log4j2:1.5.1',
+      'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.17.1',
+      'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.17.1',
       'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.11.0',
       'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind:2.11.0',
       'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.11.0'
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-scala-sbt/build.sbt b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-scala-sbt/build.sbt
index 93b0957a69b..8f8e5bf6e9f 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-scala-sbt/build.sbt
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-scala-sbt/build.sbt
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ assemblyJarName in assembly := "hello.jar"
 
 libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   "com.amazonaws" % "aws-lambda-java-events" % "2.2.7",
-  "com.amazonaws" % "aws-lambda-java-core" % "1.2.0",
-  "com.amazonaws" % "aws-lambda-java-log4j2" % "1.5.0"
+  "com.amazonaws" % "aws-lambda-java-core" % "1.2.1",
+  "com.amazonaws" % "aws-lambda-java-log4j2" % "1.5.1"
 )
 
 scalacOptions ++= Seq(