diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 4e65ef031e5..332a544a7f6 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -52,8 +52,18 @@
             <version>${io.confluent.rest-utils.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1ff737074d4..bff7fff9015 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@
         <commons.lang3.version>3.17.0</commons.lang3.version>
         <commons.validator.version>1.9.0</commons.validator.version>
         <snappy.version>1.1.10.5</snappy.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <repositories>