diff --git a/java/build.gradle b/java/build.gradle
index adfac3a..fe950ab 100644
--- a/java/build.gradle
+++ b/java/build.gradle
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ dependencies {
     // lambda logging
     implementation("com.amazonaws:aws-lambda-java-log4j2:1.6.0")
     implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j18-impl:2.18.0")
-    implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.24.0")
+    implementation("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.24.1")
 }
 
 // need to exclude "parent" dependencies to avoid clash upon copy / zip of the final layer