diff --git a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
index 8a92d2233..22cac957f 100644
--- a/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
+++ b/mvn-defaults/pom.xml
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.18.0</version>
+            <version>2.19.0</version>
         </dependency>
 
 <!--        Removed due to a possible conflict-->