diff --git a/other-examples/kafka-spark-flink-example/pom.xml b/other-examples/kafka-spark-flink-example/pom.xml
index db9ce81b8..08ef03a41 100644
--- a/other-examples/kafka-spark-flink-example/pom.xml
+++ b/other-examples/kafka-spark-flink-example/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.11.0</version>
+            <version>2.15.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>