diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dfa0cde..7a5c604 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -145,6 +145,15 @@
                     </excludePackageNames>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <systemProperties>
+                        <java.util.logging.config.file>src/test/resources/logging.properties</java.util.logging.config.file>
+                    </systemProperties>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
@@ -249,10 +258,6 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
         </dependency>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/logging.properties b/src/test/resources/logging.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..759020d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/logging.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level=OFF