diff --git a/doc_source/java-package.md b/doc_source/java-package.md
index 4bf6634f..c2af7569 100644
--- a/doc_source/java-package.md
+++ b/doc_source/java-package.md
@@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-core:1.2.1'
     implementation 'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-events:3.1.0'
     implementation 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.8.6'
-    implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.13.0'
-    implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.13.0'
-    runtimeOnly 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j18-impl:2.13.0'
-    runtimeOnly 'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-log4j2:1.2.0'
+    implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.17.0'
+    implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.17.0'
+    runtimeOnly 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j18-impl:2.17.0'
+    runtimeOnly 'com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-log4j2:1.4.0'
     testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.6.0'
     testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.6.0'
 }
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ If you use the appender library \(`aws-lambda-java-log4j2`\), you must also conf
           <dependency>
             <groupId>com.github.edwgiz</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin.log4j2-cachefile-transformer</artifactId>
-            <version>2.13.0</version>
+            <version>2.17.0</version>
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </plugin>
diff --git a/sample-apps/blank-java/pom.xml b/sample-apps/blank-java/pom.xml
index 2d36e63d..5063e4fd 100644
--- a/sample-apps/blank-java/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-apps/blank-java/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.15.2</version>
+      <version>2.17.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
diff --git a/sample-apps/java-basic/pom.xml b/sample-apps/java-basic/pom.xml
index 0f3372cd..128e931f 100644
--- a/sample-apps/java-basic/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-apps/java-basic/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.15.2</version>
+      <version>2.17.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/sample-apps/java-events-v1sdk/pom.xml b/sample-apps/java-events-v1sdk/pom.xml
index 62ce5b20..8e24bf3d 100644
--- a/sample-apps/java-events-v1sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-apps/java-events-v1sdk/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.15.2</version>
+      <version>2.17.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
diff --git a/sample-apps/java-events/pom.xml b/sample-apps/java-events/pom.xml
index f066fd3a..09f530e6 100644
--- a/sample-apps/java-events/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-apps/java-events/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.15.2</version>
+      <version>2.17.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
diff --git a/sample-apps/s3-java/pom.xml b/sample-apps/s3-java/pom.xml
index 3ad2cbb8..3785d1b7 100644
--- a/sample-apps/s3-java/pom.xml
+++ b/sample-apps/s3-java/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.15.2</version>
+      <version>2.17.0</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>