diff --git a/components/ILIAS/WebServices/RPC/lib/pom.xml b/components/ILIAS/WebServices/RPC/lib/pom.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index e194a1b1841e..0ca1fbaea72b
--- a/components/ILIAS/WebServices/RPC/lib/pom.xml
+++ b/components/ILIAS/WebServices/RPC/lib/pom.xml
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.23.1</version>
+            <version>2.25.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-api -->
         <dependency>