diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
index dd06c6e5c..d682f9677 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <name>AWS Lambda Powertools for Java library Examples - CloudFormation</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>
         <lambda.core.version>1.2.3</lambda.core.version>