diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
index c5e0fdbc2..1c4ea51b8 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <name>AWS Lambda Powertools for Java library Examples - CloudFormation</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <lambda.core.version>1.2.3</lambda.core.version>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core/cdk/app/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core/cdk/app/pom.xml
index 6ef4a247d..6037025da 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core/cdk/app/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core/cdk/app/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Core</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <aws.sdk.v1.version>1.12.781</aws.sdk.v1.version>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core/sam/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core/sam/pom.xml
index e594899a3..7bfd97ff2 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core/sam/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core/sam/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Core</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core/serverless/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core/serverless/pom.xml
index 68696367a..37471a42a 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core/serverless/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core/serverless/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Core</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <aws.sdk.v1.version>1.12.781</aws.sdk.v1.version>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core/terraform/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core/terraform/pom.xml
index c95328acb..10eaa61de 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core/terraform/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core/terraform/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Core</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <aws.sdk.v1.version>1.12.781</aws.sdk.v1.version>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
index 4fe2edd94..73c35194b 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Idempotency</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <aws.sdk.v1.version>1.12.781</aws.sdk.v1.version>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
index 7afb2686b..09139cd73 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - SQS</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4ea0e7e47..caeba187b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
         <jackson.version>2.17.2</jackson.version>
         <aws.sdk.version>2.30.19</aws.sdk.version>
         <aws.xray.recorder.version>2.18.1</aws.xray.recorder.version>