diff --git a/gradle/dependencies.gradle b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
index ba48d5da1..46d57b906 100644
--- a/gradle/dependencies.gradle
+++ b/gradle/dependencies.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'commons-io:commons-io:2.11.0'
     implementation 'org.apache.ant:ant:1.10.13'
     implementation 'org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils:3.5.0'
-    implementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.18.0"
+    implementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.20.0"
     implementation('org.vafer:jdependency:2.8.0') {
         exclude group: 'org.ow2.asm'
     }