diff --git a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-benchmark/pom.xml b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-benchmark/pom.xml
index b0fb72676567..877e53d5f782 100644
--- a/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/cosmos/azure-cosmos-benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ Licensed under the MIT License.
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.17.2</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api;external_dependency} -->
+      <version>2.25.5</version> <!-- {x-version-update;org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api;external_dependency} -->
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>