diff --git a/apm-agent-builds/apm-agent-java8/pom.xml b/apm-agent-builds/apm-agent-java8/pom.xml
index 205971dcc1..2ccc31a115 100644
--- a/apm-agent-builds/apm-agent-java8/pom.xml
+++ b/apm-agent-builds/apm-agent-java8/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
                 <!-- Upgrade log4j2 to non vulnerable version -->
                 <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>log4j-bom</artifactId>
-                <version>2.20.0</version>
+                <version>2.21.0</version>
                 <scope>import</scope>
                 <type>pom</type>
             </dependency>