diff --git a/data-prepper-core/build.gradle b/data-prepper-core/build.gradle
index db2bd9b013..a8b2d6fcea 100644
--- a/data-prepper-core/build.gradle
+++ b/data-prepper-core/build.gradle
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'io.micrometer:micrometer-registry-cloudwatch2'
     implementation 'javax.ws.rs:javax.ws.rs-api:2.1.1'
     implementation 'software.amazon.awssdk:cloudwatch'
-    implementation platform('org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom:2.25.3')
+    implementation platform('org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom:2.25.4')
     implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core'
     implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl'
     implementation 'javax.inject:javax.inject:1'