diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 45a52f3c..da8f481d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <springVersion>4.1.4.RELEASE</springVersion>
-    <slf4jVersion>1.7.7</slf4jVersion>
+    <slf4jVersion>1.7.10</slf4jVersion>
     <log4j2Version>2.1</log4j2Version>
 
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -663,7 +663,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>junit</groupId>
         <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        <version>4.11</version>
+        <version>4.12</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>xmlunit</groupId>
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
         <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.0</version>
+        <version>1.7.1</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
@@ -739,6 +739,7 @@
         <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
           <argLine>-Xmx256m -Xms256m</argLine>
+          <runOrder>alphabetical</runOrder>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
diff --git a/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/pom.xml b/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/pom.xml
index 5bd18df9..d7c21ccf 100644
--- a/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/pom.xml
+++ b/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/pom.xml
@@ -175,6 +175,19 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${log4j2Version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
@@ -237,7 +250,7 @@
               org.apache.archiva.redback.users;version=${project.version},
               org.apache.commons.io;version="[1.4,2)",
               org.apache.commons.lang;version="[2.6,3)",
-              org.apache.cxf*;version="[3.0.3)",
+              org.apache.cxf*;version="[3.0.3,4)",
               com.fasterxml.jackson.databind;version="[2.2,3)",
               org.codehaus.plexus.util;version="[3,4)",
               org.springframework*;version="[3,4)",
diff --git a/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/interceptors/AbstractInterceptor.java b/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/interceptors/AbstractInterceptor.java
index 040f3814..45b30312 100644
--- a/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/interceptors/AbstractInterceptor.java
+++ b/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/interceptors/AbstractInterceptor.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 public abstract class AbstractInterceptor
 {
 
-    private Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger( getClass() );
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger( getClass() );
 
     @Context
     private HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest;
diff --git a/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/interceptors/AuthenticationInterceptor.java b/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/interceptors/AuthenticationInterceptor.java
index 8489aefe..ae16637f 100644
--- a/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/interceptors/AuthenticationInterceptor.java
+++ b/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/interceptors/AuthenticationInterceptor.java
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ public class AuthenticationInterceptor
     @Named(value = "httpAuthenticator#basic")
     private HttpBasicAuthentication httpAuthenticator;
 
-    private Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger( getClass() );
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger( getClass() );
 
     public void filter( ContainerRequestContext containerRequestContext )
     {
diff --git a/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/interceptors/DebugJAXRSInInterceptor.java b/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/interceptors/DebugJAXRSInInterceptor.java
index 994db065..340d6a17 100644
--- a/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/interceptors/DebugJAXRSInInterceptor.java
+++ b/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/interceptors/DebugJAXRSInInterceptor.java
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ import org.apache.cxf.message.Message;
  * @author Olivier Lamy
  * @since 1.3
  */
-public class DebugJAXRSInInterceptor extends JAXRSInInterceptor
+public class DebugJAXRSInInterceptor
+    extends JAXRSInInterceptor
 {
     @Override
     public void handleMessage( Message message )
diff --git a/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/interceptors/PermissionsInterceptor.java b/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/interceptors/PermissionsInterceptor.java
index be877dbb..23fba4ad 100644
--- a/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/interceptors/PermissionsInterceptor.java
+++ b/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/interceptors/PermissionsInterceptor.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class PermissionsInterceptor
     @Named( value = "httpAuthenticator#basic" )
     private HttpBasicAuthentication httpAuthenticator;
 
-    private Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger( getClass() );
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger( getClass() );
 
     public void filter( ContainerRequestContext containerRequestContext )
     {
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ public class PermissionsInterceptor
                     {
                         log.debug( "user {} not authenticated", securitySession.getUser().getUsername() );
                     }
+                    return;
                 }
             }
             else
diff --git a/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/interceptors/ThreadLocalUserCleaner.java b/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/interceptors/ThreadLocalUserCleaner.java
index d938938d..861ef0cf 100644
--- a/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/interceptors/ThreadLocalUserCleaner.java
+++ b/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/main/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/interceptors/ThreadLocalUserCleaner.java
@@ -32,17 +32,19 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
 
 /**
  * @author Olivier Lamy
  * @since 1.4
  */
 @Service( "threadLocalUserCleaner#rest" )
+@Provider
 public class ThreadLocalUserCleaner
     extends AbstractPhaseInterceptor<Message>
     implements PhaseInterceptor<Message>
 {
-    private Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger( getClass() );
+    private final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger( getClass() );
 
     public ThreadLocalUserCleaner( String phase )
     {
diff --git a/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/AbstractRestServicesTest.java b/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/AbstractRestServicesTest.java
index b0240c53..806f3220 100644
--- a/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/AbstractRestServicesTest.java
+++ b/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/test/java/org/apache/archiva/redback/rest/services/AbstractRestServicesTest.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.slf4j.bridge.SLF4JBridgeHandler;
 import org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
@@ -98,6 +99,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractRestServicesTest
         throws Exception
     {
 
+        SLF4JBridgeHandler.removeHandlersForRootLogger();
+
+        SLF4JBridgeHandler.install();
+
         tomcat = new Tomcat();
         tomcat.setBaseDir( System.getProperty( "java.io.tmpdir" ) );
         tomcat.setPort( 0 );
diff --git a/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml b/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
index 8496a73a..33521cfd 100644
--- a/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
+++ b/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
@@ -17,24 +17,26 @@
   ~ specific language governing permissions and limitations
   ~ under the License.
   -->
+<configuration>  <!--  status="debug" -->
 
-
-<configuration status="debug">
   <appenders>
     <Console name="console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
-      <PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/>
+      <PatternLayout pattern="%highlight{%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n}" />
     </Console>
   </appenders>
+
   <loggers>
-
     <logger name="org.springframework" level="info"/>
-
     <logger name="org.apache.cxf" level="info"/>
-
+    <logger name="org.springframework" level="error"/>
+    <logger name="org.apache.archiva.redback.components.cache" level="error"/>
+    <logger name="org.apache.archiva.redback.rest.services.interceptors" level="debug"/>
+    <logger name="JPOX" level="ERROR"/>
     <root level="info">
       <appender-ref ref="console"/>
     </root>
   </loggers>
+
 </configuration>