diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 897eac8..43c5716 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2023-11-15T15:33:35Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
 
     <!-- dependency versions -->
-    <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.25.0</log4j.version>
     <nashorn.version>15.6</nashorn.version>
 
     <!-- Additional manifest entries -->
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_apache_logging_log4j_log4j_core.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_apache_logging_log4j_log4j_core.xml
index fb077ef..c13f9df 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_apache_logging_log4j_log4j_core.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_apache_logging_log4j_log4j_core.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
        xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
        xsi:schemaLocation="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd"
        type="updated">
-  <issue id="21" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-jmx-gui/pull/21"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core` to version `2.24.3`</description>
+  <issue id="45" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-jmx-gui/pull/45"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core` to version `2.25.0`</description>
 </entry>