diff --git a/java/connector-node/risingwave-connector-service/pom.xml b/java/connector-node/risingwave-connector-service/pom.xml
index 3a2f27422d70c..89a02597ef352 100644
--- a/java/connector-node/risingwave-connector-service/pom.xml
+++ b/java/connector-node/risingwave-connector-service/pom.xml
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
diff --git a/java/connector-node/risingwave-sink-deltalake/pom.xml b/java/connector-node/risingwave-sink-deltalake/pom.xml
index 9258e69251be0..71e4f182d1a44 100644
--- a/java/connector-node/risingwave-sink-deltalake/pom.xml
+++ b/java/connector-node/risingwave-sink-deltalake/pom.xml
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
diff --git a/java/connector-node/risingwave-sink-iceberg/pom.xml b/java/connector-node/risingwave-sink-iceberg/pom.xml
index dc67284ba7ab8..0d8567d5a3136 100644
--- a/java/connector-node/risingwave-sink-iceberg/pom.xml
+++ b/java/connector-node/risingwave-sink-iceberg/pom.xml
@@ -108,12 +108,12 @@
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/java/connector-node/risingwave-sink-jdbc/pom.xml b/java/connector-node/risingwave-sink-jdbc/pom.xml
index 1c841bdedf36c..1b6ca9de1e962 100644
--- a/java/connector-node/risingwave-sink-jdbc/pom.xml
+++ b/java/connector-node/risingwave-sink-jdbc/pom.xml
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 6b58bd3da9d1b..f78c968c8d61d 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
         <gson.version>2.10</gson.version>
         <module.version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</module.version>
         <spotless.version>2.27.1</spotless.version>
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.3</slf4j.version>
-        <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.20.0</log4j.version>
         <commons.cli.version>1.5.0</commons.cli.version>
         <debezium.version>1.9.7.Final</debezium.version>
         <jackson.version>2.13.5</jackson.version>
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@
                 <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-                <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-                <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+                <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+                <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+                <version>${log4j.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
-                <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-                <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+                <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
                 <version>${log4j.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>