diff --git a/devel/apache-log4j2/Makefile b/devel/apache-log4j2/Makefile
index 5982ab02da5c..3dd1e9ac9878 100644
--- a/devel/apache-log4j2/Makefile
+++ b/devel/apache-log4j2/Makefile
@@ -1,39 +1,40 @@
 # Created by: Herve Quiroz <herve.quiroz@esil.univ-mrs.fr>
 
 PORTNAME=	log4j2
-PORTVERSION=	2.17.2
+PORTVERSION=	2.18.0
 CATEGORIES=	devel java
 MASTER_SITES=	APACHE/logging/log4j/${PORTVERSION}
 PKGNAMEPREFIX=	apache-
 DISTNAME=	apache-log4j-${PORTVERSION}-bin
 
 MAINTAINER=	thierry@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Fast and flexible logging library for Java
 
 LICENSE=	APACHE20
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE.txt
 
 USES=		cpe
 
 USE_JAVA=	yes
+JAVA_VERSION=	8+
 NO_BUILD=	yes
 NO_ARCH=	yes
 CPE_VENDOR=	apache
 CPE_PRODUCT=	log4j
 
 PORTDOCS=	NOTICE.txt RELEASE-NOTES.md
 
 OPTIONS_DEFINE=	DOCS
 
 do-install:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${JAVAJARDIR}
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && \
 	for j in `${FIND} . -name "*${PORTVERSION}.jar"`; do \
 		${INSTALL_DATA} $$j ${STAGEDIR}${JAVAJARDIR}/`echo $$j | ${SED} -e 's|-${PORTVERSION}||'`; \
 	done
 
 do-install-DOCS-on:
 	@${MKDIR} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 	cd ${WRKSRC} && ${INSTALL_DATA} ${PORTDOCS} ${STAGEDIR}${DOCSDIR}
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/devel/apache-log4j2/distinfo b/devel/apache-log4j2/distinfo
index a2df2390ea67..3c50d17d36d3 100644
--- a/devel/apache-log4j2/distinfo
+++ b/devel/apache-log4j2/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1651327026
-SHA256 (apache-log4j-2.17.2-bin.tar.gz) = c8f7cfe4ac9825043432b310709dee2661398573de28c83e603e80e0e86df9bb
-SIZE (apache-log4j-2.17.2-bin.tar.gz) = 15406684
+TIMESTAMP = 1657358046
+SHA256 (apache-log4j-2.18.0-bin.tar.gz) = 93b4793abf7a06383b51ad9f41693ac589741c612691838b4158837e44696a5e
+SIZE (apache-log4j-2.18.0-bin.tar.gz) = 15789833