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 63e6ef2e0b1..03b76cdaf6d 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-log4j2:1.2.0")
+    api("com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-log4j2:1.5.0")
     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-scala-sbt/build.sbt b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-scala-sbt/build.sbt
index d53e7357f61..93b0957a69b 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-scala-sbt/build.sbt
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-scala-sbt/build.sbt
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ 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" % "1.1.0"
+  "com.amazonaws" % "aws-lambda-java-log4j2" % "1.5.0"
 )
 
 scalacOptions ++= Seq(