diff --git a/vertx-db2-client/pom.xml b/vertx-db2-client/pom.xml
index e3ee9875b..d0e06f4f3 100644
--- a/vertx-db2-client/pom.xml
+++ b/vertx-db2-client/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.20.0</version>
+      <version>2.25.5</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Log4j 2 Core -->