diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core/cdk/app/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core/cdk/app/pom.xml
index 21b9b6c05..4b780af68 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core/cdk/app/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core/cdk/app/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Core</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <aws.sdk.v1.version>1.12.781</aws.sdk.v1.version>