diff --git a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml
index 482da4a39e1..30b078caeb2 100644
--- a/config/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml
+++ b/config/checkstyle/checkstyle-suppressions.xml
@@ -75,4 +75,7 @@
 	<suppress files="ConditionMessage\.java" checks="NoWhitespaceBefore" message="'...' is preceded with whitespace"/>
 	<suppress files="EntityManagerFactoryBuilder\.java" checks="NoWhitespaceBefore" message="'...' is preceded with whitespace"/>
 	<suppress files="DockerApi\.java" checks="NoWhitespaceBefore" message="'...' is preceded with whitespace"/>
+	<!-- https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/2769#issuecomment-3049020222 -->
+	<suppress files="SpringProfileArbiter\.java" checks="SpringMethodVisibility"/>
+	<suppress files="StructuredLogLayout\.java" checks="SpringMethodVisibility"/>
 </suppressions>
diff --git a/core/spring-boot/build.gradle b/core/spring-boot/build.gradle
index 44cb7ba5066..cc64ced1a1b 100644
--- a/core/spring-boot/build.gradle
+++ b/core/spring-boot/build.gradle
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ tasks.named("checkFormatMain") {
 	source(fileTree("src/main/javaTemplates"))
 }
 
+tasks.named("compileJava") {
+	// Provide the project coordinates to the `GraalVmProcessor`:
+	options.compilerArgs << '-Alog4j.graalvm.groupId=org.springframework.boot'
+	options.compilerArgs << '-Alog4j.graalvm.artifactId=spring-boot-log4j'
+}
+
 plugins.withType(EclipsePlugin) {
 	eclipse {
 		synchronizationTasks syncJavaTemplates
diff --git a/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/ElasticCommonSchemaStructuredLogFormatter.java b/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/ElasticCommonSchemaStructuredLogFormatter.java
index 0f26973cec5..ab97f7a23e8 100644
--- a/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/ElasticCommonSchemaStructuredLogFormatter.java
+++ b/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/ElasticCommonSchemaStructuredLogFormatter.java
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ package org.springframework.boot.logging.log4j2;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.TreeSet;
+import java.util.function.Function;
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Marker;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.ThrowableProxy;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.time.Instant;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.util.ReadOnlyStringMap;
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -71,10 +71,10 @@ class ElasticCommonSchemaStructuredLogFormatter extends JsonWriterStructuredLogF
 		members.add("message", LogEvent::getMessage).as(StructuredMessage::get);
 		members.from(LogEvent::getContextData)
 			.usingPairs(contextPairs.nested(ElasticCommonSchemaStructuredLogFormatter::addContextDataPairs));
-		members.from(LogEvent::getThrownProxy).whenNotNull().usingMembers((thrownProxyMembers) -> {
+		members.from(LogEvent::getThrown).whenNotNull().usingMembers((thrownProxyMembers) -> {
 			thrownProxyMembers.add("error").usingMembers((error) -> {
-				error.add("type", ThrowableProxy::getThrowable).whenNotNull().as(ObjectUtils::nullSafeClassName);
-				error.add("message", ThrowableProxy::getMessage);
+				error.add("type", Function.identity()).whenNotNull().as(ObjectUtils::nullSafeClassName);
+				error.add("message", Throwable::getMessage);
 				error.add("stack_trace", extractor::stackTrace);
 			});
 		});
diff --git a/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter.java b/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter.java
index 3b45bb66293..b916ffb55a0 100644
--- a/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter.java
+++ b/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter.java
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ public final class ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter extends Throwable
 
 	private final ExtendedThrowablePatternConverter delegate;
 
-	private ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter(Configuration configuration, String @Nullable [] options) {
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation") // https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/3809
+	private ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter(Configuration configuration, @Nullable String[] options) {
 		super("WhitespaceExtendedThrowable", "throwable", options, configuration);
 		this.delegate = ExtendedThrowablePatternConverter.newInstance(configuration, options);
 	}
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ public final class ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter extends Throwable
 	 * @return a new {@code WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter}
 	 */
 	public static ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter newInstance(Configuration configuration,
-			String @Nullable [] options) {
+			@Nullable String[] options) {
 		return new ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter(configuration, options);
 	}
 
diff --git a/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Extractor.java b/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Extractor.java
index bda41b00561..0d9fa411e6e 100644
--- a/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Extractor.java
+++ b/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Extractor.java
@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.logging.log4j2;
 
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.ThrowableProxy;
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.slf4j.event.LoggingEvent;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.logging.StackTracePrinter;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
  * Functions to extract items from {@link LoggingEvent}.
@@ -42,19 +43,23 @@ class Extractor {
 	}
 
 	@Nullable String stackTrace(LogEvent event) {
-		return stackTrace(event.getThrownProxy());
+		return stackTrace(event.getThrown());
 	}
 
-	@Nullable String stackTrace(@Nullable ThrowableProxy throwableProxy) {
-		if (throwableProxy == null) {
+	@Nullable String stackTrace(@Nullable Throwable throwable) {
+		if (throwable == null) {
 			return null;
 		}
 		if (this.stackTracePrinter != null) {
-			Throwable throwable = throwableProxy.getThrowable();
-			Assert.state(throwable != null, "Proxy must return Throwable in order to print exception");
 			return this.stackTracePrinter.printStackTraceToString(throwable);
 		}
-		return throwableProxy.getExtendedStackTraceAsString();
+		return printStackTrace(throwable);
+	}
+
+	private static String printStackTrace(Throwable throwable) {
+		StringWriter stringWriter = new StringWriter();
+		throwable.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(stringWriter));
+		return stringWriter.toString();
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/GraylogExtendedLogFormatStructuredLogFormatter.java b/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/GraylogExtendedLogFormatStructuredLogFormatter.java
index 39602890819..d7026150f4f 100644
--- a/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/GraylogExtendedLogFormatStructuredLogFormatter.java
+++ b/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/GraylogExtendedLogFormatStructuredLogFormatter.java
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ class GraylogExtendedLogFormatStructuredLogFormatter extends JsonWriterStructure
 			.usingPairs(contextPairs.flat(additionalFieldJoiner(),
 					GraylogExtendedLogFormatStructuredLogFormatter::addContextDataPairs));
 		members.add()
-			.whenNotNull(LogEvent::getThrownProxy)
-			.usingMembers((thrownProxyMembers) -> throwableMembers(thrownProxyMembers, extractor));
+			.whenNotNull(LogEvent::getThrown)
+			.usingMembers((thrownMembers) -> throwableMembers(thrownMembers, extractor));
 	}
 
 	private static String getMessageText(Message message) {
@@ -131,11 +131,9 @@ class GraylogExtendedLogFormatStructuredLogFormatter extends JsonWriterStructure
 
 	private static void throwableMembers(Members<LogEvent> members, Extractor extractor) {
 		members.add("full_message", extractor::messageAndStackTrace);
-		members.add("_error_type", (event) -> event.getThrownProxy().getThrowable())
-			.whenNotNull()
-			.as(ObjectUtils::nullSafeClassName);
+		members.add("_error_type", LogEvent::getThrown).whenNotNull().as(ObjectUtils::nullSafeClassName);
 		members.add("_error_stack_trace", extractor::stackTrace);
-		members.add("_error_message", (event) -> event.getThrownProxy().getMessage());
+		members.add("_error_message", (event) -> event.getThrown().getMessage());
 	}
 
 	private static void addContextDataPairs(ContextPairs.Pairs<ReadOnlyStringMap> contextPairs) {
diff --git a/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/LogstashStructuredLogFormatter.java b/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/LogstashStructuredLogFormatter.java
index cbd2d70254f..85321ce74a6 100644
--- a/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/LogstashStructuredLogFormatter.java
+++ b/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/LogstashStructuredLogFormatter.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class LogstashStructuredLogFormatter extends JsonWriterStructuredLogFormatter<Lo
 			.whenNotNull()
 			.as(LogstashStructuredLogFormatter::getMarkers)
 			.whenNot(CollectionUtils::isEmpty);
-		members.add("stack_trace", LogEvent::getThrownProxy).whenNotNull().as(extractor::stackTrace);
+		members.add("stack_trace", LogEvent::getThrown).whenNotNull().as(extractor::stackTrace);
 	}
 
 	private static String asTimestamp(Instant instant) {
diff --git a/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/SpringProfileArbiter.java b/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/SpringProfileArbiter.java
index 31dae8a1f6b..dd2f1a9d075 100644
--- a/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/SpringProfileArbiter.java
+++ b/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/SpringProfileArbiter.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ final class SpringProfileArbiter implements Arbiter {
 		 * @return this
 		 * @see Profiles#of(String...)
 		 */
-		Builder setName(String name) {
+		public Builder setName(String name) {
 			this.name = name;
 			return this;
 		}
diff --git a/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/StructuredLogLayout.java b/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/StructuredLogLayout.java
index 1d72edd191f..7e3fc0a2eda 100644
--- a/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/StructuredLogLayout.java
+++ b/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/StructuredLogLayout.java
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ final class StructuredLogLayout extends AbstractStringLayout {
 		@SuppressWarnings("NullAway.Init")
 		private String charset = StandardCharsets.UTF_8.name();
 
-		Builder setFormat(String format) {
+		public Builder setFormat(String format) {
 			this.format = format;
 			return this;
 		}
 
-		Builder setCharset(String charset) {
+		public Builder setCharset(String charset) {
 			this.charset = charset;
 			return this;
 		}
diff --git a/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter.java b/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter.java
index 7d48e56df21..37201f36fef 100644
--- a/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter.java
+++ b/core/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter.java
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 @ConverterKeys({ "wEx", "wThrowable", "wException" })
 public final class WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter extends ThrowablePatternConverter {
 
-	private WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter(Configuration configuration, String @Nullable [] options) {
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation") // https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/3809
+	private WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter(Configuration configuration, @Nullable String[] options) {
 		super("WhitespaceThrowable", "throwable", options, configuration);
 	}
 
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ public final class WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter extends ThrowablePatternC
 	 * @return a new {@code WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter}
 	 */
 	public static WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter newInstance(Configuration configuration,
-			String @Nullable [] options) {
+			@Nullable String[] options) {
 		return new WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter(configuration, options);
 	}
 
diff --git a/core/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/ExtractorTests.java b/core/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/ExtractorTests.java
index 35f445bc000..b058a9dc26b 100644
--- a/core/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/ExtractorTests.java
+++ b/core/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/logback/ExtractorTests.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class ExtractorTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void stackTraceWhenNoPrinterPrintsUsingLoggingSystem() {
+	void stackTraceWhenNoPrinterPrintsUsingFallback() {
 		Extractor extractor = new Extractor(null, createConverter());
 		assertThat(extractor.stackTrace(createEvent())).contains("java.lang.RuntimeException: Boom!");
 	}
diff --git a/platform/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle b/platform/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
index 995e0d68a0b..bbeff402dd7 100644
--- a/platform/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
+++ b/platform/spring-boot-dependencies/build.gradle
@@ -1252,23 +1252,14 @@ bom {
 			releaseNotes("https://github.com/liquibase/liquibase/releases/tag/v{version}")
 		}
 	}
-	library("Log4j2", "2.24.3") {
+	library("Log4j2", "2.25.1") {
 		prohibit {
 			contains "-alpha"
 			contains "-beta"
 			because "we don't want alphas or betas"
 		}
 		group("org.apache.logging.log4j") {
-			bom("log4j-bom") {
-				permit("biz.aQute.bnd:biz.aQute.bnd.annotation")
-				permit("com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs-annotations")
-				permit("org.apache.logging:logging-parent")
-				permit("org.apache.maven.plugin-tools:maven-plugin-annotations")
-				permit("org.jspecify:jspecify")
-				permit("org.osgi:org.osgi.annotation.bundle")
-				permit("org.osgi:org.osgi.annotation.versioning")
-				permit("org.osgi:osgi.annotation")
-			}
+			bom("log4j-bom")
 		}
 		links {
 			site("https://logging.apache.org/log4j")
diff --git a/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-structured-logging-log4j2/src/main/java/smoketest/structuredlogging/log4j2/CustomStructuredLogFormatter.java b/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-structured-logging-log4j2/src/main/java/smoketest/structuredlogging/log4j2/CustomStructuredLogFormatter.java
index 2e7af6c1d80..239c433b6b5 100644
--- a/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-structured-logging-log4j2/src/main/java/smoketest/structuredlogging/log4j2/CustomStructuredLogFormatter.java
+++ b/smoke-test/spring-boot-smoke-test-structured-logging-log4j2/src/main/java/smoketest/structuredlogging/log4j2/CustomStructuredLogFormatter.java
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
 
 package smoketest.structuredlogging.log4j2;
 
+import java.io.PrintWriter;
+import java.io.StringWriter;
+
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.ThrowableProxy;
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import org.springframework.boot.logging.structured.StructuredLogFormatter;
@@ -39,9 +41,11 @@ public class CustomStructuredLogFormatter implements StructuredLogFormatter<LogE
 			result.append(" pid=").append(this.pid);
 		}
 		result.append(" msg=\"").append(event.getMessage().getFormattedMessage()).append('"');
-		ThrowableProxy throwable = event.getThrownProxy();
+		Throwable throwable = event.getThrown();
 		if (throwable != null) {
-			result.append(" error=\"").append(throwable.getExtendedStackTraceAsString()).append('"');
+			StringWriter stackTrace = new StringWriter();
+			throwable.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(stackTrace));
+			result.append(" error=\"").append(stackTrace).append('"');
 		}
 		result.append('\n');
 		return result.toString();