diff --git a/examples/dataflow-xmlio-to-bq/pom.xml b/examples/dataflow-xmlio-to-bq/pom.xml
index ec570244c70..f5931523f3d 100644
--- a/examples/dataflow-xmlio-to-bq/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/dataflow-xmlio-to-bq/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.16.0</version>
+      <version>2.25.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.beam</groupId>