diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 722f134277b..c26317ef68a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ subprojects {
         commonsIoVersion = '2.17.0'
         commonsMathVersion = '3.6.1'
         junitVersion = '5.11.3'
-        log4jVersion = '2.24.1'
+        log4jVersion = '2.23.1'
         mockitoVersion = '4.11.0'
         hamcrestVersion = '3.0'
-        xmlbeansVersion = '5.2.2'
+        xmlbeansVersion = '5.2.1'
         batikVersion = '1.18'
         graphics2dVersion = '3.0.2'
         pdfboxVersion = '3.0.3'
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index 11f99b889ed..84684d444ce 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency prefix="main.commons-math3" artifact="org.apache.commons:commons-math3:3.6.1" usage="main"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.commons-io" artifact="commons-io:commons-io:2.17.0" usage="main"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.com.zaxxer" artifact="com.zaxxer:SparseBitSet:1.3" usage="main"/>
-    <dependency prefix="main.log4j-api" artifact="org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.24.1" usage="main"/>
+    <dependency prefix="main.log4j-api" artifact="org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.23.1" usage="main"/>
 
     <dependency prefix="main.junit-api" artifact="org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.11.3" usage="main-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.junit-jengine" artifact="org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.11.3" usage="main-tests"/>
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency prefix="main.byte-buddy" artifact="net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy:1.15.10" usage="main-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.byte-buddy-agent" artifact="net.bytebuddy:byte-buddy-agent:1.15.10" usage="main-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.objenesis" artifact="org.objenesis:objenesis:3.1" usage="main-tests"/>
-    <dependency prefix="main.log4j-core" artifact="org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.24.1" usage="main-tests"/>
+    <dependency prefix="main.log4j-core" artifact="org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.23.1" usage="main-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="main.commons-logging" artifact="commons-logging:commons-logging:1.2" usage="main-tests"/>
 
     <dependency prefix="main.ant" artifact="org.apache.ant:ant:1.10.15" usage="excelant"/>
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ under the License.
 
     <!-- jars in the ooxml-lib directory, see the fetch-ooxml-jars target-->
     <dependency prefix="ooxml.curvesapi" artifact="com.github.virtuald:curvesapi:1.08" usage="ooxml"/>
-    <dependency prefix="ooxml.xmlbeans" artifact="org.apache.xmlbeans:xmlbeans:5.2.2" usage="ooxml"/>
+    <dependency prefix="ooxml.xmlbeans" artifact="org.apache.xmlbeans:xmlbeans:5.2.1" usage="ooxml"/>
     <dependency prefix="ooxml.commons-compress" artifact="org.apache.commons:commons-compress:1.27.1" usage="ooxml"/>
     <dependency prefix="ooxml.commons-lang3" artifact="org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.12.0" usage="ooxml"/>
 
@@ -2582,9 +2582,9 @@ under the License.
         <dependency prefix="spotbugs.commons-logging" artifact="commons-logging:commons-logging:1.2" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
         <dependency prefix="spotbugs.jcip-annotations" artifact="net.jcip:jcip-annotations:1.0" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
         <dependency prefix="spotbugs.icu4j" artifact="com.ibm.icu:icu4j:68.2" usage="${spotbugs.lib}" target="icu4j-68.2.jar"/>
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.log4j-api" artifact="org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.24.1" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.log4j-core" artifact="org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.24.1" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
-        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.log4j-slf4j18-impl" artifact="org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:2.24.1" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.log4j-api" artifact="org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.23.1" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.log4j-core" artifact="org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.23.1" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
+        <dependency prefix="spotbugs.log4j-slf4j18-impl" artifact="org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:2.23.1" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
         <dependency prefix="spotbugs.saxon" artifact="net.sf.saxon:Saxon-HE:12.5" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
         <dependency prefix="spotbugs.xmlresolver" artifact="org.xmlresolver:xmlresolver:4.2.0" usage="${spotbugs.lib}"/>
 
diff --git a/osgi/pom.xml b/osgi/pom.xml
index 8b1a8cc1d2f..b43bb225541 100644
--- a/osgi/pom.xml
+++ b/osgi/pom.xml
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.24.1</version>
+            <version>2.23.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/poi-examples/src/main/groovy/build.gradle b/poi-examples/src/main/groovy/build.gradle
index cc8e6f738fe..653471e5015 100644
--- a/poi-examples/src/main/groovy/build.gradle
+++ b/poi-examples/src/main/groovy/build.gradle
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ repositories {
 }
 dependencies {
     compile 'org.codehaus.groovy:groovy-all:2.4.21'
-    compile 'org.apache.poi:poi:5.2.2'
-    compile 'org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml:5.2.2'
+    compile 'org.apache.poi:poi:5.2.1'
+    compile 'org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml:5.2.1'
 }
 
 // Our files are in the current directory