diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index eda628767..9e7ce9d20 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.20.0</version>
+            <version>2.21.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>