diff --git a/exemplar/exemplar-playground-java/build.gradle.kts b/exemplar/exemplar-playground-java/build.gradle.kts
index 0ebcec24e..65a3e572a 100644
--- a/exemplar/exemplar-playground-java/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/exemplar/exemplar-playground-java/build.gradle.kts
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(project(":exemplar-sdk-rest"))
     implementation(project(":exemplar-sdk-graphql"))
 
-    implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.24.3")
-    implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:2.24.3")
+    implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.25.1")
+    implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:2.25.1")
 }
 
 tasks.test {