diff --git a/gradle/dependencies.gradle b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
index ac0ce0038b055..ca7fca667b3a7 100644
--- a/gradle/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ versions += [
   kafka_38: "3.8.1",
   kafka_39: "3.9.1",
   kafka_40: "4.0.0",
-  log4j2: "2.24.3",
+  log4j2: "2.25.0",
   // When updating lz4 make sure the compression levels in org.apache.kafka.common.record.CompressionType are still valid
   lz4: "1.8.0",
   mavenArtifact: "3.9.6",