diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/README.md b/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/README.md
index ae32f60a..f18ad9f1 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/README.md
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/README.md
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@ Example for Maven pom.xml
   <dependency>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.2</version>
+    <version>2.11.0</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-    <version>2.8.2</version>
+    <version>2.11.0</version>
   </dependency>
   ....
 </dependencies>
diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/pom.xml
index 42a8c991..f815dea4 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/pom.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
     <version>1.1.0</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
-    <name>AWS Lambda Java Log4j 2.8 Libraries</name>
+    <name>AWS Lambda Java Log4j 2.x Libraries</name>
     <description>
-        Support for using log4j 2.8 with AWS Lambda.
+        Support for using log4j 2.x with AWS Lambda.
     </description>
     <url>https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/</url>
     <licenses>
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.2</version>
+            <version>2.11.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.2</version>
+            <version>2.11.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <distributionManagement>