diff --git a/application/jaxrs-hazelcast-quarkus/pom.xml b/application/jaxrs-hazelcast-quarkus/pom.xml
index 9f74636bb..758796701 100644
--- a/application/jaxrs-hazelcast-quarkus/pom.xml
+++ b/application/jaxrs-hazelcast-quarkus/pom.xml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	<groupId>webapp.3tier.k8s</groupId>
 	<artifactId>jaxrs-hazelcast-quarkus</artifactId>
 	<properties>
-		<slf4j-log4j12.version>1.7.36</slf4j-log4j12.version>
+		<slf4j-log4j12.version>2.0.3</slf4j-log4j12.version>
 	</properties>
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/application/web-java-openliberty/pom.xml b/application/web-java-openliberty/pom.xml
index d1387f99e..1b60d456a 100644
--- a/application/web-java-openliberty/pom.xml
+++ b/application/web-java-openliberty/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-		<slf4j-log4j12.version>1.7.36</slf4j-log4j12.version>
+		<slf4j-log4j12.version>2.0.3</slf4j-log4j12.version>
 		<hazelcast.version>5.1.3</hazelcast.version>
 		<jedis.version>4.2.3</jedis.version>
 		<amqp-client.version>5.16.0</amqp-client.version>