diff --git a/javav2/usecases/creating_lambda_tag_assets/pom.xml b/javav2/usecases/creating_lambda_tag_assets/pom.xml
index d3eb73c2ed5..c304bd370e5 100644
--- a/javav2/usecases/creating_lambda_tag_assets/pom.xml
+++ b/javav2/usecases/creating_lambda_tag_assets/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.1</version>
+            <version>2.25.4</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>