diff --git a/demo-inmem-base/pom.xml b/demo-inmem-base/pom.xml
index ef7d3f8..3b51fbe 100644
--- a/demo-inmem-base/pom.xml
+++ b/demo-inmem-base/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-                <version>2.11.2</version>
+                <version>2.25.3</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>