diff --git a/third_party/dependencies.bzl b/third_party/dependencies.bzl
index 6ee214572c..514ec08a94 100644
--- a/third_party/dependencies.bzl
+++ b/third_party/dependencies.bzl
@@ -39,14 +39,7 @@ def dependencies():
 
             # Jena
             "org.apache.jena:apache-jena-libs:%s" % (JENA_VERSION),
-            maven.artifact(
-                group = "org.apache.jena",
-                artifact = "jena-text",
-                version = JENA_VERSION,
-                exclusions = [
-                    "org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12",
-                ],
-            ),
+            "org.apache.jena:jena-text:%s" % (JENA_VERSION),
 
             # Logging
             "com.typesafe.scala-logging:scala-logging_2.13:3.9.4",
@@ -55,7 +48,6 @@ def dependencies():
             "org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j:1.7.32",
             "org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j:1.7.32",
             "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.32",
-            "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j:2.17.0", # needed by apache-jena-libs. explicitly setting latest version (log4shell) to override the one used by jena.
 
             # metrics
             "io.kamon:kamon-core_2.13:2.1.5",
diff --git a/third_party/versions.bzl b/third_party/versions.bzl
index 60c742fe2c..b6bebef5f3 100644
--- a/third_party/versions.bzl
+++ b/third_party/versions.bzl
@@ -3,18 +3,16 @@
 SCALA_VERSION = "2.13.7"
 AKKA_VERSION = "2.6.17"
 AKKA_HTTP_VERSION = "10.2.4"
-JENA_VERSION = "3.14.0"
+JENA_VERSION = "4.3.2"
 METRICS_VERSION = "4.0.1"
 
 # SIPI - digest takes precedence!
 SIPI_REPOSITORY = "daschswiss/sipi"
 SIPI_VERSION = "3.3.1"
-SIPI_IMAGE = SIPI_REPOSITORY
 SIPI_IMAGE_DIGEST = "sha256:67a0e8c16a67914f2765a1c7906e781383b835cfe72cd19c763b7bc9eb7a38a5"
 
 # Jena Fuseki - digest takes precedence!
 FUSEKI_REPOSITORY = "daschswiss/apache-jena-fuseki"
 FUSEKI_VERSION = "2.0.7"  # contains Fuseki 4.3.2 (with log4j 2.16.0)
-FUSEKI_IMAGE = FUSEKI_REPOSITORY
 FUSEKI_IMAGE_DIGEST_AMD64 = "sha256:fea8c556fca76c6beab2589018babd778d55dbdffef725fd2de784646cca0638"
 FUSEKI_IMAGE_DIGEST_ARM64 = "sha256:137dc481978e13ff56a7212976b2ef0d8696e08c0abf4f97a4973a2af0b77b5a"