diff --git a/examples/kafka/pom.xml b/examples/kafka/pom.xml
index ed535ee..24eebd7 100644
--- a/examples/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.21.1</version>
+            <version>2.24.2</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>