diff --git a/buildSrc/version.properties b/buildSrc/version.properties
index 7b172165abefb..3aadf5af1ee8a 100644
--- a/buildSrc/version.properties
+++ b/buildSrc/version.properties
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ jackson           = 2.12.5
 snakeyaml         = 1.26
 icu4j             = 62.1
 supercsv          = 2.4.0
-# when updating log4j, please update also docs/java-api/index.asciidoc
-log4j             = 2.11.1
+log4j             = 2.11.2
 slf4j             = 1.6.2
 
 # when updating the JNA version, also update the version in buildSrc/build.gradle
diff --git a/doc-tools/missing-doclet/bin/main/org/opensearch/missingdoclet/MissingDoclet$1.class b/doc-tools/missing-doclet/bin/main/org/opensearch/missingdoclet/MissingDoclet$1.class
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diff --git a/doc-tools/missing-doclet/bin/main/org/opensearch/missingdoclet/MissingDoclet$3.class b/doc-tools/missing-doclet/bin/main/org/opensearch/missingdoclet/MissingDoclet$3.class
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diff --git a/doc-tools/missing-doclet/bin/main/org/opensearch/missingdoclet/MissingDoclet.class b/doc-tools/missing-doclet/bin/main/org/opensearch/missingdoclet/MissingDoclet.class
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diff --git a/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.1.jar.sha1 b/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.1.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 575d75dbda8c5..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.1.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3aba3398fe064a3eab4331f88161c7480e848418
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3a6c48f8c9880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/discovery-azure-classic/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+afb9ef0baba766725c3733e6a2626877dba72715
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.1.jar.sha1 b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.1.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 575d75dbda8c5..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.1.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3aba3398fe064a3eab4331f88161c7480e848418
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3a6c48f8c9880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/discovery-ec2/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+afb9ef0baba766725c3733e6a2626877dba72715
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-gce/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.1.jar.sha1 b/plugins/discovery-gce/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.1.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 575d75dbda8c5..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/discovery-gce/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.1.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3aba3398fe064a3eab4331f88161c7480e848418
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/discovery-gce/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/discovery-gce/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3a6c48f8c9880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/discovery-gce/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+afb9ef0baba766725c3733e6a2626877dba72715
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.1.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.1.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 575d75dbda8c5..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.1.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3aba3398fe064a3eab4331f88161c7480e848418
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3a6c48f8c9880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-gcs/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+afb9ef0baba766725c3733e6a2626877dba72715
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/log4j-slf4j-impl-2.11.1.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/log4j-slf4j-impl-2.11.1.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 6178556b31848..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/log4j-slf4j-impl-2.11.1.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-4b41b53a3a2d299ce381a69d165381ca19f62912
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/log4j-slf4j-impl-2.11.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/log4j-slf4j-impl-2.11.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..92b9f87bef7a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-hdfs/licenses/log4j-slf4j-impl-2.11.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+4d44e4edc4a7fb39f09b95b09f560a15976fa1ba
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.1.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.1.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 575d75dbda8c5..0000000000000
--- a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.1.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-3aba3398fe064a3eab4331f88161c7480e848418
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.2.jar.sha1 b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3a6c48f8c9880
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/repository-s3/licenses/log4j-1.2-api-2.11.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+afb9ef0baba766725c3733e6a2626877dba72715
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/licenses/log4j-api-2.11.1.jar.sha1 b/server/licenses/log4j-api-2.11.1.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b1bfffac179f..0000000000000
--- a/server/licenses/log4j-api-2.11.1.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-268f0fe4df3eefe052b57c87ec48517d64fb2a10
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/licenses/log4j-api-2.11.2.jar.sha1 b/server/licenses/log4j-api-2.11.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..66c8058e1089b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/licenses/log4j-api-2.11.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+f5e9a2ffca496057d6891a3de65128efc636e26e
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/licenses/log4j-core-2.11.1.jar.sha1 b/server/licenses/log4j-core-2.11.1.jar.sha1
deleted file mode 100644
index 2fb8589380a03..0000000000000
--- a/server/licenses/log4j-core-2.11.1.jar.sha1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-592a48674c926b01a9a747c7831bcd82a9e6d6e4
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/server/licenses/log4j-core-2.11.2.jar.sha1 b/server/licenses/log4j-core-2.11.2.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..e96f8b6bd509f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/licenses/log4j-core-2.11.2.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+6c2fb3f5b7cd27504726aef1b674b542a0c9cf53
\ No newline at end of file