diff --git a/activemq-private-lambda-java-sam/activemq_consumer_dynamo_sam/activemq_event_consumer_function/pom.xml b/activemq-private-lambda-java-sam/activemq_consumer_dynamo_sam/activemq_event_consumer_function/pom.xml
index 0dd7923bea..920213feee 100644
--- a/activemq-private-lambda-java-sam/activemq_consumer_dynamo_sam/activemq_event_consumer_function/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-private-lambda-java-sam/activemq_consumer_dynamo_sam/activemq_event_consumer_function/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
 			<artifactId>activemq-client</artifactId>
-			<version>6.2.2</version>
+			<version>6.2.4</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
diff --git a/activemq-private-lambda-java-sam/activemq_message_sender_json/pom.xml b/activemq-private-lambda-java-sam/activemq_message_sender_json/pom.xml
index 9003623e46..c65250c15a 100644
--- a/activemq-private-lambda-java-sam/activemq_message_sender_json/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-private-lambda-java-sam/activemq_message_sender_json/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 		<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>
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
 			<artifactId>activemq-client</artifactId>
-			<version>5.19.3</version>
+			<version>5.19.4</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.activemq</groupId>
diff --git a/apigw-canary-deployment-cdk-java/software/FunctionDev/pom.xml b/apigw-canary-deployment-cdk-java/software/FunctionDev/pom.xml
index 2f3d643b10..c07b5706f0 100644
--- a/apigw-canary-deployment-cdk-java/software/FunctionDev/pom.xml
+++ b/apigw-canary-deployment-cdk-java/software/FunctionDev/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.4</log4j.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/apigw-canary-deployment-cdk-java/software/FunctionOne/pom.xml b/apigw-canary-deployment-cdk-java/software/FunctionOne/pom.xml
index 2f3d643b10..c07b5706f0 100644
--- a/apigw-canary-deployment-cdk-java/software/FunctionOne/pom.xml
+++ b/apigw-canary-deployment-cdk-java/software/FunctionOne/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.4</log4j.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/cdk-eventbridge-stepfunction-sqs-java/software/lambda-handler/pom.xml b/cdk-eventbridge-stepfunction-sqs-java/software/lambda-handler/pom.xml
index ccce08fb09..158b6881fc 100644
--- a/cdk-eventbridge-stepfunction-sqs-java/software/lambda-handler/pom.xml
+++ b/cdk-eventbridge-stepfunction-sqs-java/software/lambda-handler/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.4</log4j.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/cdk-firehose-s3-transform-java/software/FirehoseTransformationLambda/pom.xml b/cdk-firehose-s3-transform-java/software/FirehoseTransformationLambda/pom.xml
index c8f737782a..db33301492 100644
--- a/cdk-firehose-s3-transform-java/software/FirehoseTransformationLambda/pom.xml
+++ b/cdk-firehose-s3-transform-java/software/FirehoseTransformationLambda/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.25.3</version>
+            <version>2.25.4</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/cdk-kinesis-flink-firehose/cdk/flink-application/kinesis-flink-firehose-app/pom.xml b/cdk-kinesis-flink-firehose/cdk/flink-application/kinesis-flink-firehose-app/pom.xml
index 54f731f328..a538e9c7a5 100644
--- a/cdk-kinesis-flink-firehose/cdk/flink-application/kinesis-flink-firehose-app/pom.xml
+++ b/cdk-kinesis-flink-firehose/cdk/flink-application/kinesis-flink-firehose-app/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ under the License.
 		<scala.binary.version>2.12</scala.binary.version>
 		<maven.compiler.source>${target.java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>${target.java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
-		<log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
+		<log4j.version>2.25.4</log4j.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<repositories>
diff --git a/cdk-kinesis-lambda-java/software/KinesisLambdaClient/pom.xml b/cdk-kinesis-lambda-java/software/KinesisLambdaClient/pom.xml
index 795e1378fb..04c65e80d6 100644
--- a/cdk-kinesis-lambda-java/software/KinesisLambdaClient/pom.xml
+++ b/cdk-kinesis-lambda-java/software/KinesisLambdaClient/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.4</log4j.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/documentdb-lambda-java-sam/documentdb_streams_message_sender_json/pom.xml b/documentdb-lambda-java-sam/documentdb_streams_message_sender_json/pom.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 03bcd1aa44..a4e1afbabf
--- a/documentdb-lambda-java-sam/documentdb_streams_message_sender_json/pom.xml
+++ b/documentdb-lambda-java-sam/documentdb_streams_message_sender_json/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
         <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>
diff --git a/kinesis-lambda-cdk-java/software/LambdaFunction/pom.xml b/kinesis-lambda-cdk-java/software/LambdaFunction/pom.xml
index 03fcc2a60b..0cbe0b1a71 100644
--- a/kinesis-lambda-cdk-java/software/LambdaFunction/pom.xml
+++ b/kinesis-lambda-cdk-java/software/LambdaFunction/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
-        <log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.4</log4j.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/msk-lambda-iam-java-sam/kafka_event_consumer_function/pom.xml b/msk-lambda-iam-java-sam/kafka_event_consumer_function/pom.xml
index cd557cccbc..422f6eadca 100644
--- a/msk-lambda-iam-java-sam/kafka_event_consumer_function/pom.xml
+++ b/msk-lambda-iam-java-sam/kafka_event_consumer_function/pom.xml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-			<version>3.9.1</version>
+			<version>3.9.2</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
diff --git a/msk-lambda-schema-avro-java-sam/kafka_event_consumer_function/pom.xml b/msk-lambda-schema-avro-java-sam/kafka_event_consumer_function/pom.xml
index b5f0af4cd8..9c4329b235 100644
--- a/msk-lambda-schema-avro-java-sam/kafka_event_consumer_function/pom.xml
+++ b/msk-lambda-schema-avro-java-sam/kafka_event_consumer_function/pom.xml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         <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.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
             <artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
-            <version>4.0.0</version>
+            <version>4.0.2</version>
         </dependency>
         
         <!-- AspectJ Runtime for Lambda PowerTools -->
diff --git a/rabbitmq-private-lambda-java-sam/rabbitmq_message_sender_json/pom.xml b/rabbitmq-private-lambda-java-sam/rabbitmq_message_sender_json/pom.xml
index 2b6fb80119..04026e4d47 100644
--- a/rabbitmq-private-lambda-java-sam/rabbitmq_message_sender_json/pom.xml
+++ b/rabbitmq-private-lambda-java-sam/rabbitmq_message_sender_json/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 		<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>