diff --git a/benchmark/pom.xml b/benchmark/pom.xml
index 4f8723e6836..0a460dd8537 100644
--- a/benchmark/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmark/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/debugger/pom.xml b/debugger/pom.xml
index 533797105dd..9edfaa35014 100644
--- a/debugger/pom.xml
+++ b/debugger/pom.xml
@@ -57,12 +57,10 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index d84e986c3ce..8ec32dedaff 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -111,12 +111,10 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.verapdf</groupId>
diff --git a/io/pom.xml b/io/pom.xml
index 3b3bde4f4ca..4d955fc37cf 100644
--- a/io/pom.xml
+++ b/io/pom.xml
@@ -47,12 +47,10 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/parent/pom.xml b/parent/pom.xml
index 0aa5cface74..b802be6ba80 100644
--- a/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/parent/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
     <bouncycastle.version>1.79</bouncycastle.version>
-    <log4j2.version>2.24.1</log4j2.version>
+    <log4j2.version>2.24.2</log4j2.version>
     <junit.version>5.11.3</junit.version>
     <jbig2.version>3.0.4</jbig2.version>
     <jai.version>1.4.0</jai.version>
@@ -80,6 +80,13 @@
             <artifactId>maven-plugin-annotations</artifactId>
             <version>3.15.1</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-bom</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
+            <scope>import</scope>
+            <type>pom</type>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/pdfbox/pom.xml b/pdfbox/pom.xml
index f4791b6aff3..528f9d01966 100644
--- a/pdfbox/pom.xml
+++ b/pdfbox/pom.xml
@@ -113,12 +113,10 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/xmpbox/pom.xml b/xmpbox/pom.xml
index 891df2bc9d0..32c448962a4 100644
--- a/xmpbox/pom.xml
+++ b/xmpbox/pom.xml
@@ -45,12 +45,10 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${log4j2.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${log4j2.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>