diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 21174c23..bb153aca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@
     <redbackTestJdbcUrl>jdbc:hsqldb:mem:redback-test</redbackTestJdbcUrl>
     <redbackTestJdbcDriver>org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver</redbackTestJdbcDriver>
 
-    <openjpa.Log>DefaultLevel=INFO,Runtime=ERROR,Tool=ERROR,SQL=ERROR,Schema=ERROR,MetaData=ERROR</openjpa.Log>
+    <openjpa.Log>slf4j</openjpa.Log>
 
     <site.staging.base>${project.basedir}</site.staging.base>
     <scmPubCheckoutDirectory>.site-content</scmPubCheckoutDirectory>
@@ -141,6 +141,23 @@
     </pluginRepository>
   </pluginRepositories>
 
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
       <dependency>
@@ -409,12 +426,7 @@
         <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
         <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-        <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-        <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
-      </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
diff --git a/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-providers/redback-authentication-ldap/pom.xml b/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-providers/redback-authentication-ldap/pom.xml
index 23ad85cb..0bd8031d 100644
--- a/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-providers/redback-authentication-ldap/pom.xml
+++ b/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-providers/redback-authentication-ldap/pom.xml
@@ -86,12 +86,6 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-providers/redback-authentication-memory/pom.xml b/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-providers/redback-authentication-memory/pom.xml
index 6f0b6af3..e3c1ed83 100644
--- a/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-providers/redback-authentication-memory/pom.xml
+++ b/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-providers/redback-authentication-memory/pom.xml
@@ -46,11 +46,6 @@
       <groupId>javax.inject</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-providers/redback-authentication-users/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-providers/redback-authentication-users/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index 2f0c4e8e..d8239a52 100644
--- a/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-providers/redback-authentication-users/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/redback-authentication/redback-authentication-providers/redback-authentication-users/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
-        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="${openjpa.Log:DefaultLevel=INFO,Runtime=ERROR,Tool=ERROR,SQL=ERROR,Schema=ERROR,MetaData=ERROR}" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="slf4j" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
                value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
diff --git a/redback-authorization/redback-authorization-providers/redback-authorization-rbac/pom.xml b/redback-authorization/redback-authorization-providers/redback-authorization-rbac/pom.xml
index 085692fb..d9428334 100644
--- a/redback-authorization/redback-authorization-providers/redback-authorization-rbac/pom.xml
+++ b/redback-authorization/redback-authorization-providers/redback-authorization-rbac/pom.xml
@@ -78,11 +78,6 @@
       <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
       <artifactId>jsr250-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>     
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
diff --git a/redback-authorization/redback-authorization-providers/redback-authorization-rbac/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/redback-authorization/redback-authorization-providers/redback-authorization-rbac/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index 341647b3..40481d36 100644
--- a/redback-authorization/redback-authorization-providers/redback-authorization-rbac/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/redback-authorization/redback-authorization-providers/redback-authorization-rbac/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
-        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="${openjpa.Log:DefaultLevel=INFO,Runtime=ERROR,Tool=ERROR,SQL=ERROR,Schema=ERROR,MetaData=ERROR}" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="slf4j" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
                value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
diff --git a/redback-common/redback-common-jpa/pom.xml b/redback-common/redback-common-jpa/pom.xml
index 30086bce..deccc5a5 100644
--- a/redback-common/redback-common-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/redback-common/redback-common-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@
   <name>Redback :: JPA Common Package</name>
 
   <dependencies>
+
+    <!-- Dependencies here are dependencies that are needed by all projects that need jpa -->
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
       <artifactId>redback-rbac-model</artifactId>
@@ -44,6 +47,8 @@
       <artifactId>redback-users-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+
+    <!-- We exclude the api dependencies and use the official ones -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.openjpa</groupId>
       <artifactId>openjpa</artifactId>
@@ -79,17 +84,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
       <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
 
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
+    <!-- Commons logging is used by OpenJPA (openjpa.Log=commons) -->
+
+
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
diff --git a/redback-common/redback-common-jpa/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence-hsqldb.xml b/redback-common/redback-common-jpa/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence-hsqldb.xml
index a4d601f6..83d70d6f 100644
--- a/redback-common/redback-common-jpa/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence-hsqldb.xml
+++ b/redback-common/redback-common-jpa/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence-hsqldb.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
       <property name="openjpa.jdbc.SchemaFactory" value="native(ForeignKeys=true)" />
       <property name="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
                 value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
-      <property name="openjpa.Log" value="DefaultLevel=INFO,Runtime=INFO,Tool=INFO,SQL=ERROR,Schema=ERROR,MetaData=ERROR"/>
+      <property name="openjpa.Log" value="slf4j"/>
       <property name="openjpa.jdbc.DBDictionary" value="(disableSchemaFactoryColumnTypeErrors=true,BitTypeName=CHAR(1),BooleanTypeName=CHAR(1),BooleanRepresentation=STRING_YN)"/>
 
     </properties>
diff --git a/redback-common/redback-common-jpa/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml b/redback-common/redback-common-jpa/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
index 76a72e6d..97f77e4b 100644
--- a/redback-common/redback-common-jpa/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
+++ b/redback-common/redback-common-jpa/src/main/resources/META-INF/persistence.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
           <property name="openjpa.jdbc.SchemaFactory" value="native(ForeignKeys=true)" />
           <property name="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
                       value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
-          <property name="openjpa.Log" value="commons"/>
+          <property name="openjpa.Log" value="slf4j"/>
           <property name="openjpa.jdbc.DBDictionary" value="(disableSchemaFactoryColumnTypeErrors=true,BitTypeName=CHAR(1),BooleanTypeName=CHAR(1),BooleanRepresentation=STRING_YN)"/>
         </properties>
     </persistence-unit>
diff --git a/redback-common/redback-common-jpa/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml b/redback-common/redback-common-jpa/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91af3f0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/redback-common/redback-common-jpa/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<!--
+  ~ 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.
+  -->
+<configuration>
+    <appenders>
+        <Console name="console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+            <PatternLayout pattern="[%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n"/>
+        </Console>
+    </appenders>
+    <loggers>
+        <logger name="org.apache.archiva" level="info"/>
+
+        <root level="error" includeLocation="true">
+            <appender-ref ref="console"/>
+        </root>
+    </loggers>
+</configuration>
+
+
diff --git a/redback-data-management/pom.xml b/redback-data-management/pom.xml
index ca174978..040827b2 100644
--- a/redback-data-management/pom.xml
+++ b/redback-data-management/pom.xml
@@ -80,16 +80,7 @@
       <artifactId>commons-collections</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <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>
diff --git a/redback-data-management/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/redback-data-management/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index 36479cb0..236cf8b7 100644
--- a/redback-data-management/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/redback-data-management/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ Needed because of the dependency redback-user-cache -> redback-user-jpa
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
-        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="${openjpa.Log:DefaultLevel=INFO,Runtime=ERROR,Tool=ERROR,SQL=ERROR,Schema=ERROR,MetaData=ERROR}" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="slf4j" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
                value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
diff --git a/redback-integrations/redback-common-integrations/pom.xml b/redback-integrations/redback-common-integrations/pom.xml
index 33df592a..d5dedd8b 100644
--- a/redback-integrations/redback-common-integrations/pom.xml
+++ b/redback-integrations/redback-common-integrations/pom.xml
@@ -170,11 +170,7 @@
       <artifactId>easymock</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
       <artifactId>redback-common-test-resources</artifactId>
diff --git a/redback-integrations/redback-common-integrations/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/redback-integrations/redback-common-integrations/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index 3a2900f9..505d5b32 100644
--- a/redback-integrations/redback-common-integrations/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/redback-integrations/redback-common-integrations/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
-        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="${openjpa.Log:DefaultLevel=INFO,Runtime=ERROR,Tool=ERROR,SQL=ERROR,Schema=ERROR,MetaData=ERROR}" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="slf4j" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
                value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
diff --git a/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index 130e48e5..935b7c30 100644
--- a/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/redback-integrations/redback-rest/redback-rest-services/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
-        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="${openjpa.Log:DefaultLevel=INFO,Runtime=ERROR,Tool=ERROR,SQL=ERROR,Schema=ERROR,MetaData=ERROR}" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="slf4j" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
                value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
diff --git a/redback-keys/redback-keys-api/pom.xml b/redback-keys/redback-keys-api/pom.xml
index 2ffda534..15dfa7dd 100644
--- a/redback-keys/redback-keys-api/pom.xml
+++ b/redback-keys/redback-keys-api/pom.xml
@@ -38,11 +38,6 @@
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
diff --git a/redback-keys/redback-keys-providers/redback-keys-cached/pom.xml b/redback-keys/redback-keys-providers/redback-keys-cached/pom.xml
index eb771104..bafa46f6 100644
--- a/redback-keys/redback-keys-providers/redback-keys-cached/pom.xml
+++ b/redback-keys/redback-keys-providers/redback-keys-cached/pom.xml
@@ -86,11 +86,7 @@
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>    
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/redback-keys/redback-keys-providers/redback-keys-cached/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/redback-keys/redback-keys-providers/redback-keys-cached/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index 8369a252..562fccda 100644
--- a/redback-keys/redback-keys-providers/redback-keys-cached/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/redback-keys/redback-keys-providers/redback-keys-cached/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
-        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="${openjpa.Log:DefaultLevel=INFO,Runtime=ERROR,Tool=ERROR,SQL=ERROR,Schema=ERROR,MetaData=ERROR}" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="slf4j" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
                value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
diff --git a/redback-keys/redback-keys-providers/redback-keys-jpa/pom.xml b/redback-keys/redback-keys-providers/redback-keys-jpa/pom.xml
index 74fde806..7c02c413 100644
--- a/redback-keys/redback-keys-providers/redback-keys-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/redback-keys/redback-keys-providers/redback-keys-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -79,11 +79,7 @@
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/redback-keys/redback-keys-providers/redback-keys-jpa/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/redback-keys/redback-keys-providers/redback-keys-jpa/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index 3f0430c7..ff7486be 100644
--- a/redback-keys/redback-keys-providers/redback-keys-jpa/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/redback-keys/redback-keys-providers/redback-keys-jpa/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
-        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="${openjpa.Log:DefaultLevel=INFO,Runtime=ERROR,Tool=ERROR,SQL=ERROR,Schema=ERROR,MetaData=ERROR}" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="slf4j" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
                   value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
diff --git a/redback-keys/redback-keys-providers/redback-keys-memory/pom.xml b/redback-keys/redback-keys-providers/redback-keys-memory/pom.xml
index 532e1b9a..cff87351 100644
--- a/redback-keys/redback-keys-providers/redback-keys-memory/pom.xml
+++ b/redback-keys/redback-keys-providers/redback-keys-memory/pom.xml
@@ -60,11 +60,7 @@
       <artifactId>redback-keys-tests</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/redback-policy/pom.xml b/redback-policy/pom.xml
index fbee513f..cc0b9619 100644
--- a/redback-policy/pom.xml
+++ b/redback-policy/pom.xml
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@
       <artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
diff --git a/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-providers/redback-rbac-cached/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-providers/redback-rbac-cached/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index ec89f4f8..46c09b6a 100755
--- a/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-providers/redback-rbac-cached/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-providers/redback-rbac-cached/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
-        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="${openjpa.Log:DefaultLevel=INFO,Runtime=ERROR,Tool=ERROR,SQL=ERROR,Schema=ERROR,MetaData=ERROR}" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="slf4j" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
                value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
diff --git a/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-providers/redback-rbac-jpa/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-providers/redback-rbac-jpa/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index 01c0671b..27cacade 100644
--- a/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-providers/redback-rbac-jpa/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-providers/redback-rbac-jpa/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
-        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="${openjpa.Log:DefaultLevel=INFO,Runtime=ERROR,Tool=ERROR,SQL=ERROR,Schema=ERROR,MetaData=ERROR}" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="slf4j" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
                value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
diff --git a/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-providers/redback-rbac-ldap/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-providers/redback-rbac-ldap/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index 65cdf6d0..fe791da3 100755
--- a/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-providers/redback-rbac-ldap/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-providers/redback-rbac-ldap/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
-        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="${openjpa.Log:DefaultLevel=INFO,Runtime=ERROR,Tool=ERROR,SQL=ERROR,Schema=ERROR,MetaData=ERROR}" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="slf4j" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
                value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
diff --git a/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-providers/redback-rbac-memory/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-providers/redback-rbac-memory/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index 43963f29..2a4d5b0a 100755
--- a/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-providers/redback-rbac-memory/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-providers/redback-rbac-memory/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
-        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="${openjpa.Log:DefaultLevel=INFO,Runtime=ERROR,Tool=ERROR,SQL=ERROR,Schema=ERROR,MetaData=ERROR}" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="slf4j" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
                value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
diff --git a/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-role-manager/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-role-manager/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index 9d72abe8..b4529722 100755
--- a/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-role-manager/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/redback-rbac/redback-rbac-role-manager/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ Needed because of the dependency redback-user-cache -> redback-user-jpa
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
-        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="${openjpa.Log:DefaultLevel=INFO,Runtime=ERROR,Tool=ERROR,SQL=ERROR,Schema=ERROR,MetaData=ERROR}" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="slf4j" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
                value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
diff --git a/redback-system/pom.xml b/redback-system/pom.xml
index ee02c1b6..454f8c43 100644
--- a/redback-system/pom.xml
+++ b/redback-system/pom.xml
@@ -87,11 +87,7 @@
       <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>    
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
+
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
diff --git a/redback-system/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/redback-system/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index a0da0f1f..dcdba2c7 100644
--- a/redback-system/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/redback-system/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
-        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="${openjpa.Log:DefaultLevel=INFO,Runtime=ERROR,Tool=ERROR,SQL=ERROR,Schema=ERROR,MetaData=ERROR}" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="slf4j" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
                value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
diff --git a/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-cached/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-cached/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index 712339ed..17681f21 100644
--- a/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-cached/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-cached/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
-        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="${openjpa.Log:DefaultLevel=INFO,Runtime=ERROR,Tool=ERROR,SQL=ERROR,Schema=ERROR,MetaData=ERROR}" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="slf4j" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
                value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
diff --git a/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-jpa/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml b/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-jpa/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
index 9c886285..f8bb79f3 100644
--- a/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-jpa/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
+++ b/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-jpa/src/test/resources/spring-context.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionDriverName" value="org.hsqldb.jdbcDriver" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionUserName" value="sa" />
         <entry key="openjpa.ConnectionPassword" value="" />
-        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="commons" />
+        <entry key="openjpa.Log" value="slf4j" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.SynchronizeMappings" value="buildSchema(ForeignKeys=true)" />
         <entry key="openjpa.jdbc.MappingDefaults"
                   value="ForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict,JoinForeignKeyDeleteAction=restrict"/>
diff --git a/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-ldap/pom.xml b/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-ldap/pom.xml
index f2c80ad2..134134b6 100644
--- a/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-ldap/pom.xml
+++ b/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-ldap/pom.xml
@@ -97,12 +97,6 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-memory/pom.xml b/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-memory/pom.xml
index 121a47e3..630e50bd 100644
--- a/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-memory/pom.xml
+++ b/redback-users/redback-users-providers/redback-users-memory/pom.xml
@@ -60,11 +60,7 @@
       <artifactId>redback-users-tests</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml b/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91af3f0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<!--
+  ~ 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.
+  -->
+<configuration>
+    <appenders>
+        <Console name="console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+            <PatternLayout pattern="[%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n"/>
+        </Console>
+    </appenders>
+    <loggers>
+        <logger name="org.apache.archiva" level="info"/>
+
+        <root level="error" includeLocation="true">
+            <appender-ref ref="console"/>
+        </root>
+    </loggers>
+</configuration>
+
+