diff --git a/chartjs-java-model/pom.xml b/chartjs-java-model/pom.xml
index 1898a382..6f914d61 100644
--- a/chartjs-java-model/pom.xml
+++ b/chartjs-java-model/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
 		<slf4j-version>2.0.12</slf4j-version>
-		<log4j-version>2.22.1</log4j-version>
+		<log4j-version>2.23.1</log4j-version>
 		<testcontainers-version>1.19.7</testcontainers-version>
 
 		<!-- by default run no tests as Docker is required -->