diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9bbbfae..c42b47a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
     <!-- dependency versions -->
     <jmh.version>1.37</jmh.version>
     <junit.version>5.10.2</junit.version>
-    <log4j.version>2.22.1</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.23.0</log4j.version>
     <kotlin.version>1.6.21</kotlin.version>
     <kotlinx.coroutines.version>1.6.4</kotlinx.coroutines.version>
     <mockito-kotlin.version>4.1.0</mockito-kotlin.version>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.1.x.x/update_org_apache_logging_log4j_log4j_bom.xml b/src/changelog/.1.x.x/update_org_apache_logging_log4j_log4j_bom.xml
index cf37bfb..5645e1f 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.1.x.x/update_org_apache_logging_log4j_log4j_bom.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.1.x.x/update_org_apache_logging_log4j_log4j_bom.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
        xmlns="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog"
        xsi:schemaLocation="http://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog https://logging.apache.org/log4j/changelog-0.1.3.xsd"
        type="updated">
-  <issue id="60" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-kotlin/pull/60"/>
-  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom` to version `2.22.1`</description>
+  <issue id="68" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-kotlin/pull/68"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom` to version `2.23.0`</description>
 </entry>
diff --git a/src/site/_release-notes/_1.x.x.adoc b/src/site/_release-notes/_1.x.x.adoc
index e8dd0f3..80b399f 100644
--- a/src/site/_release-notes/_1.x.x.adoc
+++ b/src/site/_release-notes/_1.x.x.adoc
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 ==== Updated
 
 * Update `apache/logging-parent` to version `` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-kotlin/pull/62[62])
-* Update `org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom` to version `2.22.1` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-kotlin/pull/60[60])
+* Update `org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-bom` to version `2.23.0` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-kotlin/pull/68[68])
 * Update `org.apache.logging:logging-parent` to version `10.6.0` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-kotlin/pull/61[61])
 * Update `org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-shade-plugin` to version `3.5.2` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-kotlin/pull/67[67])
 * Update `org.junit:junit-bom` to version `5.10.2` (https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-kotlin/pull/63[63])