diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bc413c3..a6869d5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
                 <artifactItem>
                   <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                   <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-                  <version>2.20.0</version>
+                  <version>2.23.1</version>
                 </artifactItem>
                 <artifactItem>
                   <groupId>jakarta.xml.bind</groupId>
diff --git a/src/test/test-data/valid.conf b/src/test/test-data/valid.conf
index 1887002..e14aedc 100644
--- a/src/test/test-data/valid.conf
+++ b/src/test/test-data/valid.conf
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ main is org.apache.maven.app.App from maven
 
 [maven]
   import jakarta.xml.bind from xml
-  load ${basedir}/target/test-lib/log4j-api-2.20.0.jar
+  load ${basedir}/target/test-lib/log4j-api-2.23.1.jar
 
 [glob]
   load ${basedir}/src/test/test-data/*.jar