diff --git a/opentelemetry-api/exporter/TrackException/pom.xml b/opentelemetry-api/exporter/TrackException/pom.xml
index fb30ef55..7eb668d6 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-api/exporter/TrackException/pom.xml
+++ b/opentelemetry-api/exporter/TrackException/pom.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.25.2</version>
+            <version>2.25.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>