diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e570ed0..bd571e4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 		<spring6.version>${spring.version}</spring6.version>
 		<flyway.version>12.6.1</flyway.version>
 		<jetty.version>12.1.8</jetty.version>
-		<log4j.version>2.25.4</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.26.0</log4j.version>
 		<krill.version>[0.64.6,)</krill.version>
 		<koral.version>[0.48,)</koral.version>
 		<!-- Align JBoss Logging with Hibernate Validator 9 requirements -->