diff --git a/demo/pom.xml b/demo/pom.xml
index 9b82fdf..99305e2 100644
--- a/demo/pom.xml
+++ b/demo/pom.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
         <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
 
         <deps.mysql-driver.version>8.0.33</deps.mysql-driver.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.25.4</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.26.0</log4j.version>
     </properties>
     <artifactId>configured-demo</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>