diff --git a/hooks/java-hooks/ec2-instance-types/pom.xml b/hooks/java-hooks/ec2-instance-types/pom.xml
index 88cf075..4fd2a6d 100644
--- a/hooks/java-hooks/ec2-instance-types/pom.xml
+++ b/hooks/java-hooks/ec2-instance-types/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.19.0</version>
+            <version>2.25.3</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-slf4j-impl -->