diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bfe6742d9..db66be151 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -85,9 +85,15 @@
 
 		<!-- logging -->
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.17</version>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+			<version>1.7.2</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+			<version>1.7.2</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- Reading XML -->