diff --git a/lib/plugins/aws/invokeLocal/runtimeWrappers/java/pom.xml b/lib/plugins/aws/invokeLocal/runtimeWrappers/java/pom.xml
index 44327eba0e3..c069ceef634 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/aws/invokeLocal/runtimeWrappers/java/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/plugins/aws/invokeLocal/runtimeWrappers/java/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
       <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-log4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.1</version>
+      <version>1.5.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-java-maven/pom.xml b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-java-maven/pom.xml
index a05a925aaac..982dfdeb810 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-java-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-java-maven/pom.xml
@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
       <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-log4j2</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.0</version>
+      <version>1.5.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.16.0</version>
+      <version>2.17.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.16.0</version>
+      <version>2.17.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
diff --git a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-maven/pom.xml b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-maven/pom.xml
index d90a3258a4b..2f2f20e610c 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/lib/plugins/create/templates/aws-kotlin-jvm-maven/pom.xml
@@ -41,17 +41,17 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-log4j2</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.0</version>
+            <version>1.5.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.16.0</version>
+            <version>2.17.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.16.0</version>
+            <version>2.17.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>