diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 18713588b48..26efd475402 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 ### Fixes
 
 - Fix main thread identification for tombstone (native crash) events ([#5742](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/5742))
+- Replace deprecated `ThrowableProxy` with `LogEvent#getThrown()` in `sentry-log4j2` ([#5751](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/5751))
+
 
 ### Dependencies
 
diff --git a/sentry-log4j2/src/main/java/io/sentry/log4j2/SentryAppender.java b/sentry-log4j2/src/main/java/io/sentry/log4j2/SentryAppender.java
index df0f9eeb2d2..0218b53518d 100644
--- a/sentry-log4j2/src/main/java/io/sentry/log4j2/SentryAppender.java
+++ b/sentry-log4j2/src/main/java/io/sentry/log4j2/SentryAppender.java
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginAttribute;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginElement;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.PluginFactory;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.ThrowableProxy;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
@@ -274,13 +273,12 @@ protected void captureLog(@NotNull LogEvent loggingEvent) {
     event.setLogger(loggingEvent.getLoggerName());
     event.setLevel(formatLevel(loggingEvent.getLevel()));
 
-    final ThrowableProxy throwableInformation = loggingEvent.getThrownProxy();
-    if (throwableInformation != null) {
+    final @Nullable Throwable thrown = loggingEvent.getThrown();
+    if (thrown != null) {
       final Mechanism mechanism = new Mechanism();
       mechanism.setType(MECHANISM_TYPE);
       final Throwable mechanismException =
-          new ExceptionMechanismException(
-              mechanism, throwableInformation.getThrowable(), Thread.currentThread());
+          new ExceptionMechanismException(mechanism, thrown, Thread.currentThread());
       event.setThrowable(mechanismException);
     }