diff --git a/java/build.gradle b/java/build.gradle
index 5228d96..ab16f56 100644
--- a/java/build.gradle
+++ b/java/build.gradle
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ dependencies {
     // lambda logging
     implementation("com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-log4j2:1.5.1")
     implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j18-impl:2.18.0")
-    implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.21.1")
+    implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.22.0")
 }
 
 // need to exclude "parent" dependencies to avoid clash upon copy / zip of the final layer