diff --git a/phoenix-hive-base/phoenix4-hive-shaded/pom.xml b/phoenix-hive-base/phoenix4-hive-shaded/pom.xml
index 08e95f7..b477449 100644
--- a/phoenix-hive-base/phoenix4-hive-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/phoenix-hive-base/phoenix4-hive-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
   <properties>
     <hive.version>${hive2.version}</hive.version>
     <hive-storage.version>${hive2-storage.version}</hive-storage.version>
-    <log4j2.version>2.6.2</log4j2.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/phoenix-hive-base/phoenix4-hive/pom.xml b/phoenix-hive-base/phoenix4-hive/pom.xml
index d08cf42..d2fd374 100644
--- a/phoenix-hive-base/phoenix4-hive/pom.xml
+++ b/phoenix-hive-base/phoenix4-hive/pom.xml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
   <properties>
     <hive.version>${hive2.version}</hive.version>
     <hive-storage.version>${hive2-storage.version}</hive-storage.version>
-    <log4j2.version>2.6.2</log4j2.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencies>
diff --git a/phoenix-hive-base/phoenix5-hive-shaded/pom.xml b/phoenix-hive-base/phoenix5-hive-shaded/pom.xml
index 3f995b5..25996f7 100644
--- a/phoenix-hive-base/phoenix5-hive-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/phoenix-hive-base/phoenix5-hive-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -162,12 +162,6 @@
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-minicluster</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
diff --git a/phoenix-hive-base/phoenix5-hive/pom.xml b/phoenix-hive-base/phoenix5-hive/pom.xml
index d8f7809..7e91939 100644
--- a/phoenix-hive-base/phoenix5-hive/pom.xml
+++ b/phoenix-hive-base/phoenix5-hive/pom.xml
@@ -140,12 +140,6 @@
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
       <artifactId>hadoop-minicluster</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
diff --git a/phoenix-hive-base/pom.xml b/phoenix-hive-base/pom.xml
index 2f627cb..5521583 100644
--- a/phoenix-hive-base/pom.xml
+++ b/phoenix-hive-base/pom.xml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
  specific language governing permissions and limitations
  under the License.
 
+
 -->
 
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
@@ -193,6 +194,18 @@
       <scope>provided</scope>
       <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
 
 
 <!-- Mark every HBase and Hadoop jar as provided -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2d1e693..ab4e005 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
     <scala.binary.version>2.11</scala.binary.version>
     
     <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
-    <log4j2.version>2.17.2</log4j2.version>
+    <log4j2.version>2.18.0</log4j2.version>
     <disruptor.version>3.3.6</disruptor.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
     <commons-collections.version>3.2.2</commons-collections.version>