diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ee0af8876..505350c6f 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -29,3 +29,14 @@ release {
 
 afterReleaseBuild.dependsOn project.getTasksByName('githubRelease', false)
 afterReleaseBuild.dependsOn project.getTasksByName('dockerTagsPush', true)
+
+// force log4j version
+allprojects {
+    configurations.all {
+        resolutionStrategy.eachDependency { d ->
+            if (d.requested.group == 'org.apache.logging.log4j') {
+                d.useVersion project.'log4j.version'
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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