diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index eeae1179e0..8030d0f630 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
 		<jtds.version>1.3.1</jtds.version>
 		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 		<liquibase.version>3.5.1</liquibase.version>
-		<log4j2.version>2.5</log4j2.version>
+		<log4j2.version>2.6</log4j2.version>
 		<logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
 		<lombok.version>1.16.8</lombok.version>
 		<mariadb.version>1.4.4</mariadb.version>