diff --git a/projects/pdfbox/project-parent/fuzz-targets/pom.xml b/projects/pdfbox/project-parent/fuzz-targets/pom.xml
index 6ebffed8b86f..5b84feae3bfb 100644
--- a/projects/pdfbox/project-parent/fuzz-targets/pom.xml
+++ b/projects/pdfbox/project-parent/fuzz-targets/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.24.3</version>
+            <version>2.25.4</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>