diff --git a/guest/tomcat-app/pom.xml b/guest/tomcat-app/pom.xml
index ab18023f70d4..69aa19df70ad 100644
--- a/guest/tomcat-app/pom.xml
+++ b/guest/tomcat-app/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     <properties>
         <jersey-container-servlet.version>2.25.1</jersey-container-servlet.version>
         <rest-assured.version>3.0.3</rest-assured.version>
-        <log4j-core.version>2.8.2</log4j-core.version>
+        <log4j-core.version>2.25.3</log4j-core.version>
         <javamelody-core.version>1.69.0</javamelody-core.version>
         <jersey-media-moxy.version>2.25.1</jersey-media-moxy.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>3.0.0</maven-war-plugin.version>