diff --git a/template-placeholder-demo/pom.xml b/template-placeholder-demo/pom.xml
index 0cb8acf..166f4a8 100644
--- a/template-placeholder-demo/pom.xml
+++ b/template-placeholder-demo/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 		<mainClass>software.xdev.Application</mainClass>
 
-		<log4j2-version>2.25.4</log4j2-version>
+		<log4j2-version>2.26.1</log4j2-version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>