diff --git a/connectors/examples/flink-example/pom.xml b/connectors/examples/flink-example/pom.xml
index e8aa0691cdb..5f5e10f56b3 100644
--- a/connectors/examples/flink-example/pom.xml
+++ b/connectors/examples/flink-example/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ limitations under the License.-->
         <connectors.version>0.6.0-SNAPSHOT</connectors.version>
         <flink-version>1.16.2</flink-version>
         <hadoop-version>3.1.0</hadoop-version>
-        <log4j.version>2.12.1</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <repositories>