diff --git a/jetcd-examples/jetcd-watch-example/pom.xml b/jetcd-examples/jetcd-watch-example/pom.xml
index 6d77830b7..cd9758397 100644
--- a/jetcd-examples/jetcd-watch-example/pom.xml
+++ b/jetcd-examples/jetcd-watch-example/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.10.0</version>
+            <version>2.17.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-1.2-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.10.0</version>
+            <version>2.12.1</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>