diff --git a/tika-parent/pom.xml b/tika-parent/pom.xml
index 0b0319968a..bafe3e4faf 100644
--- a/tika-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-parent/pom.xml
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
     <junit5.version>5.10.2</junit5.version>
     <junrar.version>7.5.5</junrar.version>
     <libpst.version>0.9.3</libpst.version>
-    <log4j2.version>2.20.0</log4j2.version>
+    <log4j2.version>2.23.1</log4j2.version>
     <lombok.version>1.18.20</lombok.version>
     <!-- lucene >= 9.x requires Java 11 -->
     <lucene.version>8.11.3</lucene.version>