diff --git a/mailpit-java-client/pom.xml b/mailpit-java-client/pom.xml
index 50e9cc4..f2f5602 100644
--- a/mailpit-java-client/pom.xml
+++ b/mailpit-java-client/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
 		<slf4j-version>2.0.17</slf4j-version>
-		<log4j-version>2.25.4</log4j-version>
+		<log4j-version>2.26.1</log4j-version>
 
 		<skipTests>true</skipTests>