diff --git a/docs/examples/JDBC/connectionPools/pom.xml b/docs/examples/JDBC/connectionPools/pom.xml
index 03b6728fd62a..22297b25ae4e 100644
--- a/docs/examples/JDBC/connectionPools/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/examples/JDBC/connectionPools/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.25.3</version>
+            <version>2.25.4</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- proxool -->
         <dependency>