diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/exporter/TrackTrace/SLF4J1/pom.xml b/opentelemetry-api/exporter/TrackTrace/SLF4J1/pom.xml
index 1e13de56..80df2198 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/exporter/TrackTrace/SLF4J1/pom.xml
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/exporter/TrackTrace/SLF4J1/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.25.3</version>
+            <version>2.25.4</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>