diff --git a/smoke-tests/images/grpc/build.gradle.kts b/smoke-tests/images/grpc/build.gradle.kts
index df8545550dfb..e73d29c33b4f 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/images/grpc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/smoke-tests/images/grpc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation(platform("io.grpc:grpc-bom:1.53.0"))
   implementation(platform("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-bom:1.0.0"))
   implementation(platform("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-bom-alpha:1.0.0-alpha"))
-  implementation(platform("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom:2.19.0"))
+  implementation(platform("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom:2.20.0"))
 
   implementation("io.grpc:grpc-netty-shaded")
   implementation("io.grpc:grpc-protobuf")