diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index 8a92d2233..5d0142d23 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.18.0</version>
+            <version>2.19.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>