diff --git a/vertx-mutiny-clients/vertx-mutiny-core/pom.xml b/vertx-mutiny-clients/vertx-mutiny-core/pom.xml
index cf290a99c..db655de6b 100644
--- a/vertx-mutiny-clients/vertx-mutiny-core/pom.xml
+++ b/vertx-mutiny-clients/vertx-mutiny-core/pom.xml
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                         <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.22.1</version>
+                        <version>2.23.0</version>
                     </dependency>
                     <dependency>
                         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>