diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index 2c78d7d7a..4f701c685 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.22.1</version>
+            <version>2.23.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>