diff --git a/coap/pom.xml b/coap/pom.xml
index fffec94..bd11ec9 100644
--- a/coap/pom.xml
+++ b/coap/pom.xml
@@ -47,11 +47,5 @@
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>mina-codec</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j.adapters</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/codec/pom.xml b/codec/pom.xml
index ebd492a..0db53e3 100644
--- a/codec/pom.xml
+++ b/codec/pom.xml
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j.adapters</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
       <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index e3bb1c3..d5c7435 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -56,11 +56,6 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j.adapters</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
 
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 836b71f..226f31f 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -20,47 +20,47 @@
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.apache.mina</groupId>
-    <artifactId>mina-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>3.0.0-M3-SNAPSHOT</version>
-  </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>org.apache.mina</groupId>
+        <artifactId>mina-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.0-M3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
 
-  <artifactId>mina-examples</artifactId>
-  <name>Apache MINA examples ${project.version}</name>
-  <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <description>Apache MINA server and client examples</description>
+    <artifactId>mina-examples</artifactId>
+    <name>Apache MINA examples ${project.version}</name>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <description>Apache MINA server and client examples</description>
 
-  <properties>
-    <symbolicName>${project.groupId}.examples</symbolicName>
-    <exportedPackage>${project.groupId}</exportedPackage>
-  </properties>
+    <properties>
+        <symbolicName>${project.groupId}.examples</symbolicName>
+        <exportedPackage>${project.groupId}</exportedPackage>
+    </properties>
 
-  <dependencies>
-      <dependency>
-      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mina-core</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mina-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mina-http</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mina-http</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mina-coap</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-  </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+            <artifactId>mina-coap</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j.adapters</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
-    </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
 
-  </dependencies>
+    </dependencies>
 </project>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ad01a41..5bdaefd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
   <properties>
     <!-- Dependencies versions ========================================== -->
     <version.junit>4.11</version.junit>
-    <version.log4j>2.0-beta2</version.log4j>
+    <version.log4j>2.0-beta9</version.log4j>
     <version.mockito-core>1.9.5</version.mockito-core>
     <version.slf4j.api>1.7.5</version.slf4j.api>
 
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j.adapters</groupId>
-        <artifactId>slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
         <version>${version.log4j}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
@@ -205,6 +205,13 @@
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+      <version>${version.log4j}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/protobuf/pom.xml b/protobuf/pom.xml
index 95bfd64..5ed0781 100644
--- a/protobuf/pom.xml
+++ b/protobuf/pom.xml
@@ -44,12 +44,6 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j.adapters</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>mina-codec</artifactId>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/thrift/pom.xml b/thrift/pom.xml
index c174f6e..2b5ece1 100644
--- a/thrift/pom.xml
+++ b/thrift/pom.xml
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j.adapters</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
-    <dependency>
       <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
       <artifactId>mina-codec</artifactId>
     </dependency>