diff --git a/surf/pom.xml b/surf/pom.xml
index 2fe0c920..4511ed12 100644
--- a/surf/pom.xml
+++ b/surf/pom.xml
@@ -235,9 +235,9 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.17</version>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+            <version>2.18.0</version>
          </dependency>
       </dependencies>
    </dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/surf/spring-surf-tests/spring-surf-extensibility-app/pom.xml b/surf/spring-surf-tests/spring-surf-extensibility-app/pom.xml
index 8d29364b..864ea9a2 100644
--- a/surf/spring-surf-tests/spring-surf-extensibility-app/pom.xml
+++ b/surf/spring-surf-tests/spring-surf-extensibility-app/pom.xml
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@
 
       <!-- Log4j -->
       <dependency>
-         <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-         <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+         <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- Commons -->