diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
index 54d6b50ef..c843d5adc 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-cloudformation/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <name>AWS Lambda Powertools for Java library Examples - CloudFormation</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <lambda.core.version>1.2.3</lambda.core.version>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core/cdk/app/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core/cdk/app/pom.xml
index 9d9435ac3..7f2328227 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core/cdk/app/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core/cdk/app/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Core</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core/sam/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core/sam/pom.xml
index 16f82ebd6..9451b0628 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core/sam/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core/sam/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Core</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core/serverless/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core/serverless/pom.xml
index f8d9ab684..8e6b93528 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core/serverless/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core/serverless/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Core</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core/terraform/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core/terraform/pom.xml
index eef73207e..6551aaae1 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core/terraform/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core/terraform/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Core</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
index bf4c041bf..9e705f4b0 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-idempotency/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - Idempotency</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
index a6737bfed..bb11e93fe 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-sqs/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) library Examples - SQS</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9f6bcf875..eeea16e43 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
         <jackson.version>2.15.3</jackson.version>
         <aws.sdk.version>2.21.0</aws.sdk.version>
         <aws.xray.recorder.version>2.14.0</aws.xray.recorder.version>