diff --git a/vertx-db2-client/pom.xml b/vertx-db2-client/pom.xml
index 62b1f2a6b..b6f988f3f 100644
--- a/vertx-db2-client/pom.xml
+++ b/vertx-db2-client/pom.xml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.20.0</version>
+      <version>2.25.3</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Log4j 2 SLF4J Binding -->