diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/app/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/app/pom.xml
index 9e38e64e1..f9f851d8e 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/app/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/cdk/app/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.1</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.20.1</aspectj.version>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
index f5539567b..730ac8d21 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.1</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.20.1</aspectj.version>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
index c7aecd7e3..df5e39a3e 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Parameters GraalVM</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.1</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.20.1</aspectj.version>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e86602f2f..b370a98fd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <maven.deploy.plugin.version>3.1.2</maven.deploy.plugin.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.1</log4j.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.7</slf4j.version>
         <jackson.version>2.19.1</jackson.version>
         <aws.sdk.version>2.31.78</aws.sdk.version>