diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
index b2353b86e..53a350981 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-core-utilities/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.24.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.20.1</aspectj.version>
diff --git a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
index f2ce0f21f..00d3dedfa 100644
--- a/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/powertools-examples-parameters/sam-graalvm/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     <name>Powertools for AWS Lambda (Java) - Examples - Parameters GraalVM</name>
 
     <properties>
-        <log4j.version>2.24.0</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <aspectj.version>1.9.20.1</aspectj.version>