diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e4d8db170..ec1d479ff 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 
   <build>
     <defaultGoal>install</defaultGoal>
-    <plugins>
+        <plugins>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
 
+
   </build>
 
 
@@ -246,8 +247,8 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <skipITs>true</skipITs>
 
-    <spring.version>5.3.18</spring.version>
-    <spring-security.version>5.6.2</spring-security.version>
+    <spring.version>5.3.19</spring.version>
+    <spring-security.version>5.6.3</spring-security.version>
     <jackson2.version>2.10.5.20201202</jackson2.version> <!-- 2.11.0 breaks io.swagger.jackson.ModelResolver -->
 
     <junit.version>5.8.2</junit.version>
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@
     <hibernate.version>5.4.27.Final</hibernate.version>
     <hibernate.search.version>5.11.9.Final</hibernate.search.version>
 
-    <validation.api.version>2.0.1.Final</validation.api.version>
+    <validation.api.version>2.0.2</validation.api.version>
     <hibernate.validator.version>6.2.2.Final</hibernate.validator.version>
 
     <ektorp.version>1.5.0</ektorp.version>
@@ -407,12 +408,6 @@
         <artifactId>slf4j-ext</artifactId>
         <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-        <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -477,8 +472,8 @@
         <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
-        <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
-        <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
+        <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
+        <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
         <version>${validation.api.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -729,6 +724,16 @@
       <version>3.21.3</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-jul</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
 
diff --git a/vpro-shared-client-resteasy/pom.xml b/vpro-shared-client-resteasy/pom.xml
index 8a0bb0c31..afc541eb7 100644
--- a/vpro-shared-client-resteasy/pom.xml
+++ b/vpro-shared-client-resteasy/pom.xml
@@ -48,11 +48,6 @@
       <groupId>javax.cache</groupId>
       <artifactId>cache-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <plugins>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-client-resteasy/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml b/vpro-shared-client-resteasy/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1fb6f74e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vpro-shared-client-resteasy/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration status="INFO">
+  <Appenders>
+    <Console name="stdout" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+      <PatternLayout pattern="%d{ISO8601} %4.4p %C{1} %M.%L %m (%t) %n"  charset="UTF-8"/>
+    </Console>
+  </Appenders>
+  <Loggers>
+    <Root level="DEBUG">
+      <Appender-Ref ref="stdout" />
+    </Root>
+  </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-configuration/pom.xml b/vpro-shared-configuration/pom.xml
index a41a28a75..976e5b454 100644
--- a/vpro-shared-configuration/pom.xml
+++ b/vpro-shared-configuration/pom.xml
@@ -50,18 +50,14 @@
       <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
-      <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
+      <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>nl.vpro.shared</groupId>
       <artifactId>vpro-shared-util</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
       <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-configuration/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/vpro-shared-configuration/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 44c771bf7..000000000
--- a/vpro-shared-configuration/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
-<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
-
-  <appender name="console" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
-    <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-      <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{ISO8601} %4.4p %c{1} %M.%L %m%n"/>
-    </layout>
-  </appender>
-
-
-  <root>
-    <level value="INFO" />
-    <appender-ref ref="console"/>
-  </root>
-
-</log4j:configuration>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-configuration/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml b/vpro-shared-configuration/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f431e2b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vpro-shared-configuration/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration status="INFO">
+  <Appenders>
+    <Console name="stdout" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+      <PatternLayout pattern="%d{ISO8601} %4.4p %C{1} %M.%L %m (%t) %n"  charset="UTF-8"/>
+    </Console>
+  </Appenders>
+  <Loggers>
+    <Root level="INFO">
+      <Appender-Ref ref="stdout" />
+    </Root>
+  </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-elasticsearch-client/pom.xml b/vpro-shared-elasticsearch-client/pom.xml
index a8c95d3b3..04f310898 100644
--- a/vpro-shared-elasticsearch-client/pom.xml
+++ b/vpro-shared-elasticsearch-client/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
       <artifactId>aws-java-sdk-core</artifactId>
-      <version>1.12.124</version>
+      <version>1.12.196</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -64,11 +64,6 @@
       <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
       <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
@@ -79,8 +74,8 @@
       <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
-      <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
+      <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.tomakehurst</groupId>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-elasticsearch-client/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/vpro-shared-elasticsearch-client/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from vpro-shared-elasticsearch-client/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
rename to vpro-shared-elasticsearch-client/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
diff --git a/vpro-shared-elasticsearch-high-level-client/pom.xml b/vpro-shared-elasticsearch-high-level-client/pom.xml
index bebdb80a0..017ef0c50 100644
--- a/vpro-shared-elasticsearch-high-level-client/pom.xml
+++ b/vpro-shared-elasticsearch-high-level-client/pom.xml
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@
       <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
       <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.elasticsearch.client</groupId>
       <artifactId>elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-elasticsearch-high-level-client/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/vpro-shared-elasticsearch-high-level-client/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d1115b5c5..000000000
--- a/vpro-shared-elasticsearch-high-level-client/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
-<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
-
-  <appender name="console" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
-    <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-      <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{ISO8601} %4.4p - %m [%c - %t] %n"/>
-    </layout>
-  </appender>
-
-  <root>
-    <level value="INFO"/>
-    <appender-ref ref="console"/>
-  </root>
-
-</log4j:configuration>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-elasticsearch-high-level-client/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml b/vpro-shared-elasticsearch-high-level-client/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f431e2b57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vpro-shared-elasticsearch-high-level-client/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration status="INFO">
+  <Appenders>
+    <Console name="stdout" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+      <PatternLayout pattern="%d{ISO8601} %4.4p %C{1} %M.%L %m (%t) %n"  charset="UTF-8"/>
+    </Console>
+  </Appenders>
+  <Loggers>
+    <Root level="INFO">
+      <Appender-Ref ref="stdout" />
+    </Root>
+  </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-i18n/pom.xml b/vpro-shared-i18n/pom.xml
index 9c782d692..bcbb2a00e 100644
--- a/vpro-shared-i18n/pom.xml
+++ b/vpro-shared-i18n/pom.xml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
-      <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
+      <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-jackson2/pom.xml b/vpro-shared-jackson2/pom.xml
index 7bd3e687b..d6dbaa018 100644
--- a/vpro-shared-jackson2/pom.xml
+++ b/vpro-shared-jackson2/pom.xml
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@
       <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-avro</artifactId>
       <version>${jackson2.version}</version>
     </dependency>-->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
      <dependency>
       <groupId>org.skyscreamer</groupId>
       <artifactId>jsonassert</artifactId>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-jackson2/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/vpro-shared-jackson2/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index d1115b5c5..000000000
--- a/vpro-shared-jackson2/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
-<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
-
-  <appender name="console" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
-    <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-      <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{ISO8601} %4.4p - %m [%c - %t] %n"/>
-    </layout>
-  </appender>
-
-  <root>
-    <level value="INFO"/>
-    <appender-ref ref="console"/>
-  </root>
-
-</log4j:configuration>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-jackson2/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml b/vpro-shared-jackson2/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4965d8719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vpro-shared-jackson2/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration status="INFO">
+  <Appenders>
+    <Console name="stdout" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+      <PatternLayout pattern="%d{ISO8601} %4.4p %C{1} %M.%L %m (%t) %n"  charset="UTF-8"/>
+    </Console>
+  </Appenders>
+  <Loggers>
+
+    <Root level="INFO">
+      <Appender-Ref ref="stdout" />
+    </Root>
+  </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-logging/pom.xml b/vpro-shared-logging/pom.xml
index e3442ccc0..689e9786e 100644
--- a/vpro-shared-logging/pom.xml
+++ b/vpro-shared-logging/pom.xml
@@ -34,11 +34,12 @@
       <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
       <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
+ <!--   <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
       <optional>true</optional>
-    </dependency>
+      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+    </dependency>-->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.flogger</groupId>
       <artifactId>flogger</artifactId>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-rs-client/pom.xml b/vpro-shared-rs-client/pom.xml
index 07e06fcea..42466f624 100644
--- a/vpro-shared-rs-client/pom.xml
+++ b/vpro-shared-rs-client/pom.xml
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@
       <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
       <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-rs-client/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/vpro-shared-rs-client/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 30cd6e57e..000000000
--- a/vpro-shared-rs-client/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
-<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
-
-  <appender name="console" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
-    <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-      <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{ISO8601} %4.4p %c{1} %M.%L %m%n"/>
-    </layout>
-  </appender>
-
-
-  <root>
-    <level value="DEBUG" />
-    <appender-ref ref="console"/>
-  </root>
-
-</log4j:configuration>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-rs-client/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml b/vpro-shared-rs-client/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1fb6f74e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vpro-shared-rs-client/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration status="INFO">
+  <Appenders>
+    <Console name="stdout" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+      <PatternLayout pattern="%d{ISO8601} %4.4p %C{1} %M.%L %m (%t) %n"  charset="UTF-8"/>
+    </Console>
+  </Appenders>
+  <Loggers>
+    <Root level="DEBUG">
+      <Appender-Ref ref="stdout" />
+    </Root>
+  </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-test/pom.xml b/vpro-shared-test/pom.xml
index 7ce5671e5..fb5a0b156 100644
--- a/vpro-shared-test/pom.xml
+++ b/vpro-shared-test/pom.xml
@@ -58,11 +58,6 @@
       <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
       <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-test/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/vpro-shared-test/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 18433ee20..000000000
--- a/vpro-shared-test/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
-<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
-
-  <appender name="console" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
-    <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-      <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{ISO8601} %4.4p - %m [%c - %t] %n"/>
-    </layout>
-  </appender>
-
-  <root>
-    <level value="DEBUG"/>
-    <appender-ref ref="console"/>
-  </root>
-
-</log4j:configuration>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-test/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml b/vpro-shared-test/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1fb6f74e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vpro-shared-test/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration status="INFO">
+  <Appenders>
+    <Console name="stdout" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+      <PatternLayout pattern="%d{ISO8601} %4.4p %C{1} %M.%L %m (%t) %n"  charset="UTF-8"/>
+    </Console>
+  </Appenders>
+  <Loggers>
+    <Root level="DEBUG">
+      <Appender-Ref ref="stdout" />
+    </Root>
+  </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-util/pom.xml b/vpro-shared-util/pom.xml
index 6b7250f92..2cd645ca8 100644
--- a/vpro-shared-util/pom.xml
+++ b/vpro-shared-util/pom.xml
@@ -47,11 +47,6 @@
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
@@ -95,8 +90,8 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-httpclient</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-httpclient</artifactId>
-      <version>3.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <version>3.1</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-validation/pom.xml b/vpro-shared-validation/pom.xml
index 0bf537a00..fd9a09cdc 100644
--- a/vpro-shared-validation/pom.xml
+++ b/vpro-shared-validation/pom.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
-      <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
+      <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>nl.vpro.shared</groupId>
@@ -38,16 +38,16 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>javax.el</groupId>
-      <artifactId>javax.el-api</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.0</version>
+      <groupId>jakarta.el</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jakarta.el-api</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <version>3.0.3</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.glassfish.web</groupId>
-      <artifactId>javax.el</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2.6</version>
+      <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jakarta.el</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <version>3.0.4</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml</groupId>
@@ -55,11 +55,6 @@
       <version>1.5.1</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jsoup</groupId>
       <artifactId>jsoup</artifactId>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-validation/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/vpro-shared-validation/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 30cd6e57e..000000000
--- a/vpro-shared-validation/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
-<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
-
-  <appender name="console" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
-    <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-      <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{ISO8601} %4.4p %c{1} %M.%L %m%n"/>
-    </layout>
-  </appender>
-
-
-  <root>
-    <level value="DEBUG" />
-    <appender-ref ref="console"/>
-  </root>
-
-</log4j:configuration>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-client-resteasy/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/vpro-shared-validation/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from vpro-shared-client-resteasy/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
rename to vpro-shared-validation/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
diff --git a/vpro-shared-web/pom.xml b/vpro-shared-web/pom.xml
index 550b82e01..60c296967 100644
--- a/vpro-shared-web/pom.xml
+++ b/vpro-shared-web/pom.xml
@@ -18,11 +18,7 @@
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-web/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/vpro-shared-web/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 30cd6e57e..000000000
--- a/vpro-shared-web/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
-<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
-
-  <appender name="console" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
-    <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-      <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{ISO8601} %4.4p %c{1} %M.%L %m%n"/>
-    </layout>
-  </appender>
-
-
-  <root>
-    <level value="DEBUG" />
-    <appender-ref ref="console"/>
-  </root>
-
-</log4j:configuration>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-web/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml b/vpro-shared-web/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f27d5bfee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vpro-shared-web/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration status="INFO">
+  <Appenders>
+    <Console name="stdout" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+      <PatternLayout pattern="%d{ISO8601} %4.4p %C{1} %M.%L %m (%t) %n"  charset="UTF-8"/>
+    </Console>
+  </Appenders>
+  <Loggers>
+    <Logger name="com.joestelmach.natty" level="WARN" />
+
+    <Root level="INFO">
+      <Appender-Ref ref="stdout" />
+    </Root>
+
+
+  </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-xml/pom.xml b/vpro-shared-xml/pom.xml
index 9193ea9e4..ef108676c 100644
--- a/vpro-shared-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/vpro-shared-xml/pom.xml
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@
       <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
       <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.xml.bind</groupId>
       <artifactId>jaxb-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-xml/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/vpro-shared-xml/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 30cd6e57e..000000000
--- a/vpro-shared-xml/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
-<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
-
-  <appender name="console" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
-    <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-      <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{ISO8601} %4.4p %c{1} %M.%L %m%n"/>
-    </layout>
-  </appender>
-
-
-  <root>
-    <level value="DEBUG" />
-    <appender-ref ref="console"/>
-  </root>
-
-</log4j:configuration>
diff --git a/vpro-shared-xml/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml b/vpro-shared-xml/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1fb6f74e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vpro-shared-xml/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration status="INFO">
+  <Appenders>
+    <Console name="stdout" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+      <PatternLayout pattern="%d{ISO8601} %4.4p %C{1} %M.%L %m (%t) %n"  charset="UTF-8"/>
+    </Console>
+  </Appenders>
+  <Loggers>
+    <Root level="DEBUG">
+      <Appender-Ref ref="stdout" />
+    </Root>
+  </Loggers>
+</Configuration>