diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index af5b0e8a612b..d56dea44f3ab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
     <sbt.project.name>spark</sbt.project.name>
     <asm.version>9.8</asm.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
-    <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.25.3</log4j.version>
     <!-- make sure to update IsolatedClientLoader whenever this version is changed -->
     <hadoop.version>3.4.1</hadoop.version>
     <!-- SPARK-41247: When updating `protobuf.version`, also need to update `protoVersion` in `SparkBuild.scala` -->