Bump log4j-layout-template-json to 2.25.4 in Strimzi manifests (#12625)

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docker-images/artifacts/kafka-thirdparty-libs/4.1.2/pom.xml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
     <!--
     Changes compared to 4.1.x:
-      - Log4j2: 2.24.3 -> 2.25.3
+      - Log4j2: 2.24.3 -> 2.25.4
       - Jackson (jackson-dataformat-yaml, jackson-datatype-jsr310): 2.19.0 -> 2.19.4
     -->
 
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         <opentelemetry-alpha.version>1.34.1-alpha</opentelemetry-alpha.version>
         <opentelemetry.instrumentation.version>1.32.0-alpha</opentelemetry.instrumentation.version>
         <grpc-netty-shaded.version>1.75.0</grpc-netty-shaded.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.4</log4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <repositories>
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-layout-template-json</artifactId>
             <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
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docker-images/artifacts/kafka-thirdparty-libs/4.2.x/pom.xml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
         <opentelemetry-alpha.version>1.34.1-alpha</opentelemetry-alpha.version>
         <opentelemetry.instrumentation.version>1.32.0-alpha</opentelemetry.instrumentation.version>
         <grpc-netty-shaded.version>1.75.0</grpc-netty-shaded.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.4</log4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <repositories>
@@ -42,6 +42,16 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-layout-template-json</artifactId>
             <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
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pom.xml

@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
         <yammer-metrics.version>2.2.0</yammer-metrics.version>
         <snappy.version>1.1.10.5</snappy.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.25.4</log4j.version>
         <quartz.version>2.5.0</quartz.version>
         <opentelemetry.version>1.34.1</opentelemetry.version>
         <opentelemetry-alpha.version>${opentelemetry.version}-alpha</opentelemetry-alpha.version>