diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 28a807b409a..481bf21517f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
     <h2-version>2.4.240</h2-version>
     <hamcrest-version>1.3</hamcrest-version>
     <karaf-version>4.4.10</karaf-version>
-    <log4j-version>2.25.4</log4j-version>
+    <log4j-version>2.26.0</log4j-version>
     <mockito-version>5.23.0</mockito-version>
     <owasp-dependency-check-version>12.2.1</owasp-dependency-check-version>
     <mqtt-client-version>1.16</mqtt-client-version>