diff --git a/standalone-metastore/pom.xml b/standalone-metastore/pom.xml
index 5eb34a8d4fef..3e5c6b6f44bc 100644
--- a/standalone-metastore/pom.xml
+++ b/standalone-metastore/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
     <junit.platform.version>1.13.3</junit.platform.version>
     <libfb303.version>0.9.3</libfb303.version>
     <libthrift.version>0.16.0</libthrift.version>
-    <log4j2.version>2.25.3</log4j2.version>
+    <log4j2.version>2.25.4</log4j2.version>
     <mockito-core.version>5.17.0</mockito-core.version>
     <orc.version>2.1.2</orc.version>
     <protobuf.version>3.25.5</protobuf.version>