diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index bf7a84c0537..afee2b82227 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@
 		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 		<liquibase.version>3.4.1</liquibase.version>
 		<log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
-		<log4j2.version>2.3</log4j2.version>
+		<log4j2.version>2.4.1</log4j2.version>
 		<logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
 		<mariadb.version>1.2.3</mariadb.version>
 		<mockito.version>1.10.19</mockito.version>