diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index 334a58b16..9b77110b5 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-slf4j18-impl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.2</version>
+            <version>2.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>