diff --git a/tika-parent/pom.xml b/tika-parent/pom.xml
index eeb909cc0c..778193fa4a 100644
--- a/tika-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/tika-parent/pom.xml
@@ -394,7 +394,8 @@
     <jwarc.version>0.30.0</jwarc.version>
     <kafka.version>3.9.0</kafka.version>
     <libpst.version>0.9.3</libpst.version>
-    <log4j2.version>2.24.1</log4j2.version>
+    <log4j2.version>2.24.0</log4j2.version>
+    <!-- can't update to 10, needs jdk21 -->
     <lucene.version>9.12.0</lucene.version>
     <maven.plugin.annotations.version>3.15.1</maven.plugin.annotations.version>
     <mchange.version>0.3.1</mchange.version>
@@ -1251,7 +1252,14 @@
               <rules>
                 <bannedDependencies>
                   <excludes>
+                    <!-- log4shell -->
                     <exclude>org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:(,2.17.1)</exclude>
+                    <!--
+                        https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/3143
+                        https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/3196
+                    -->
+                    <exclude>org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:[2.24.1]</exclude>
+                    <exclude>org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:[2.24.1]</exclude>
                   </excludes>
                 </bannedDependencies>
               </rules>