diff --git a/bin/impala-config.sh b/bin/impala-config.sh
index de57379..bdcacb8 100755
--- a/bin/impala-config.sh
+++ b/bin/impala-config.sh
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@
 export IMPALA_JSON_SMART_VERSION=2.4.11
 export IMPALA_JUNIT_VERSION=4.12
 export IMPALA_KITE_VERSION=1.1.0
+export IMPALA_LOG4J2_VERSION=2.18.0
 export IMPALA_ORC_JAVA_VERSION=1.7.6
 export IMPALA_PAC4J_VERSION=4.5.5
 export IMPALA_RELOAD4j_VERSION=1.2.22
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 9e4697e..bc5f193 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
     <springframework.version>${env.IMPALA_SPRINGFRAMEWORK_VERSION}</springframework.version>
     <json-smart.version>${env.IMPALA_JSON_SMART_VERSION}</json-smart.version>
     <commons-dbcp2.version>${env.IMPALA_DBCP2_VERSION}</commons-dbcp2.version>
+    <log4j2.version>${env.IMPALA_LOG4J2_VERSION}</log4j2.version>
   </properties>
 
   <repositories>
@@ -376,6 +377,17 @@
         <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
         <version>${jackson-databind.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+        <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+        <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>