From a5cf380f12aa3758fa61ca220505b1b10c9fb108 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "dmelfi@amazon.com" <dmelfi@amazon.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 16:51:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore(release): release aws-lambda-java-log4j2 ver 1.6.3

---
 aws-lambda-java-log4j2/README.md            | 10 +++++-----
 aws-lambda-java-log4j2/RELEASE.CHANGELOG.md |  8 ++++++++
 aws-lambda-java-log4j2/pom.xml              |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/README.md b/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/README.md
index f13121750..b626226ad 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/README.md
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/README.md
@@ -10,22 +10,22 @@ Example for Maven pom.xml
   <dependency>
     <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
     <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-log4j2</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.0</version>
+    <version>1.6.3</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.1</version>
+    <version>2.25.4</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.1</version>
+    <version>2.25.4</version>
   </dependency>
   <dependency>
     <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
     <artifactId>log4j-layout-template-json</artifactId>
-    <version>2.17.1</version>
+    <version>2.25.4</version>
   </dependency>
   ....
 </dependencies>
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ If you are using the [John Rengelman](https://github.com/johnrengelman/shadow) G
 
 dependencies{
   ...
-    implementation group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-lambda-java-log4j2', version: '1.6.0'
+    implementation group: 'com.amazonaws', name: 'aws-lambda-java-log4j2', version: '1.6.3'
     implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-core', version: log4jVersion
     implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-api', version: log4jVersion
 }
diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/RELEASE.CHANGELOG.md b/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/RELEASE.CHANGELOG.md
index 49535d388..44528432d 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/RELEASE.CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/RELEASE.CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+### May 13, 2026
+`1.6.3`:
+- Updated `log4j-core` and `log4j-api` dependencies to `2.25.4`
+
+### February 2026
+`1.6.2`:
+- Updated `log4j-core` and `log4j-api` dependencies to `2.25.3`
+
 ### October 24, 2023
 `1.6.0`:
 - Log level and log format support
diff --git a/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/pom.xml b/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/pom.xml
index 7c45c10bb..570f8ce34 100644
--- a/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/pom.xml
+++ b/aws-lambda-java-log4j2/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
     <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-log4j2</artifactId>
-    <version>1.6.1</version>
+    <version>1.6.3</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <name>AWS Lambda Java Log4j 2.x Libraries</name>