diff --git a/vertx-lang-scala/pom.xml b/vertx-lang-scala/pom.xml
index 040900f5..bf94430a 100644
--- a/vertx-lang-scala/pom.xml
+++ b/vertx-lang-scala/pom.xml
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@
           <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.22.0</version>
+            <version>2.22.1</version>
           </dependency>
 
           <!-- Transitive dependencies declared as optional in other modules, and needed for instance in docgen -->