diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 085a52a0ad..138d0ab5a2 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Release Notes.
 ------------------
 
 * Add Spring LDAP 3.3.x-4.x plugin.
+* Fix the Log4j2 plugin descriptor (`Log4j2Plugins.dat`) missing from the `apm-toolkit-log4j-2.x` jar since 9.5.0, which broke `%traceId` and `%sw_ctx` resolution in Log4j2 `PatternLayout` (apache/skywalking#14006).
 
 All issues and pull requests are [here](https://github.com/apache/skywalking/milestone/263?closed=1)
 
diff --git a/apm-application-toolkit/apm-toolkit-log4j-2.x/pom.xml b/apm-application-toolkit/apm-toolkit-log4j-2.x/pom.xml
index 8c53d53868..244588b3a5 100644
--- a/apm-application-toolkit/apm-toolkit-log4j-2.x/pom.xml
+++ b/apm-application-toolkit/apm-toolkit-log4j-2.x/pom.xml
@@ -39,4 +39,31 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <!--
+                      The root POM declares annotationProcessorPaths, which makes
+                      javac stop discovering processors from the classpath.
+                      Append log4j-core's PluginProcessor (which generates
+                      Log4j2Plugins.dat) so that %traceId / %sw_ctx resolve to the
+                      toolkit converters instead of built-in Log4j2 patterns.
+                      combine.children="append" keeps the Lombok entry inherited
+                      from the root POM.
+                    -->
+                    <annotationProcessorPaths combine.children="append">
+                        <path>
+                            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+                            <version>${log4j-core.version}</version>
+                        </path>
+                    </annotationProcessorPaths>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 </project>