diff --git a/log4shell-goof/log4shell-client/pom.xml b/log4shell-goof/log4shell-client/pom.xml
index 3d3e211cca..4ec334c7dd 100644
--- a/log4shell-goof/log4shell-client/pom.xml
+++ b/log4shell-goof/log4shell-client/pom.xml
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.14.1</version>
+      <version>2.25.4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.14.1</version>
+      <version>2.25.4</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/log4shell-goof/log4shell-server/pom.xml b/log4shell-goof/log4shell-server/pom.xml
index 94de0952b2..ce741bf6e8 100644
--- a/log4shell-goof/log4shell-server/pom.xml
+++ b/log4shell-goof/log4shell-server/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.15.0</version>
+      <version>2.25.4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.unboundid</groupId>