diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2114de9..a3bd2f9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
 
     <!-- dependency versions -->
     <bnd.annotation.version>7.1.0</bnd.annotation.version>
-    <log4j.version>2.25.1</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.25.2</log4j.version>
     <nashorn.version>15.7</nashorn.version>
     <osgi.annotation.bundle.version>2.0.0</osgi.annotation.bundle.version>
     <osgi.annotation.versioning.version>1.1.2</osgi.annotation.versioning.version>
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 684bba8..e1c16bb 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="46" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-jmx-gui/pull/46"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core` to version `2.25.1`</description>
+  <issue id="51" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-jmx-gui/pull/51"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core` to version `2.25.2`</description>
 </entry>