diff --git a/basic/kafka/pom.xml b/basic/kafka/pom.xml
index 272f92f5f..5cdee64a5 100644
--- a/basic/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/basic/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.25.3</version>
+      <version>2.25.4</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>