diff --git a/kaldb/pom.xml b/kaldb/pom.xml
index 3522d6152c..e93963fd2b 100644
--- a/kaldb/pom.xml
+++ b/kaldb/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         <lucene.version>9.7.0</lucene.version>
         <opensearch.version>2.11.1</opensearch.version>
         <curator.version>5.6.0</curator.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
         <aws.sdk.version>2.22.9</aws.sdk.version>
         <error.prone.version>2.23.0</error.prone.version>
         <junit.jupiter.version>5.10.0</junit.jupiter.version>