diff --git a/archiva-cli/pom.xml b/archiva-cli/pom.xml
index 5c6206475..22addc40c 100644
--- a/archiva-cli/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-cli/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,16 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-converter</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
@@ -75,13 +85,13 @@
       <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j12-api</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/pom.xml
index 96381164a..935e2ef20 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-consumer-archetype/pom.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,16 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-repository-layer</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/pom.xml
index 70175cc5e..337abd043 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-core-consumers/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-repository-layer</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-lucene-consumers/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-lucene-consumers/pom.xml
index 686319b32..b561f7225 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-lucene-consumers/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-consumers/archiva-lucene-consumers/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-scheduler-indexing</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -103,6 +109,10 @@
           <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-converter/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-converter/pom.xml
index 24095f6e6..578e92396 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-converter/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-converter/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,16 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-repository-layer</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-model/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-model/pom.xml
index bca357ae3..49c1d6dd2 100755
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-model/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-model/pom.xml
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-policies/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-policies/pom.xml
index 2cd0db978..9873046c3 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-policies/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-policies/pom.xml
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>    
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy-common/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy-common/pom.xml
index e0eb5f3a7..ab26f1050 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy-common/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy-common/pom.xml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/pom.xml
index 16a4e5ba3..75f22e52a 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-proxy/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-repository-layer</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
@@ -48,6 +58,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-proxy-common</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-default/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-default/pom.xml
index 66660f8db..dee96f39b 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-default/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-admin/archiva-repository-admin-default/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@
             <groupId>aopalliance</groupId>
             <artifactId>aopalliance</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -168,8 +172,8 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j12-api</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -204,8 +208,8 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/pom.xml
index c8ef219a0..9c4468784 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-repository-layer/pom.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,16 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven2-repository</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-transaction/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-transaction/pom.xml
index 23d87993a..e2cc4ef32 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-transaction/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-base/archiva-transaction/pom.xml
@@ -58,9 +58,9 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-      <scope>runtime</scope>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
+      <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-scheduler/archiva-scheduler-indexing/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-scheduler/archiva-scheduler-indexing/pom.xml
index 2d3a1a2b5..e3a4a4b7f 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-scheduler/archiva-scheduler-indexing/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-scheduler/archiva-scheduler-indexing/pom.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-proxy-common</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
@@ -87,8 +93,8 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j12-api</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-scheduler/archiva-scheduler-repository/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-scheduler/archiva-scheduler-repository/pom.xml
index 25238293e..fc3195e1c 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-scheduler/archiva-scheduler-repository/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-scheduler/archiva-scheduler-repository/pom.xml
@@ -80,6 +80,16 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-repository-layer</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml
index d584e4fb2..77f970c04 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rest/archiva-rest-services/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-scheduler-indexing</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
@@ -165,6 +171,10 @@
             <groupId>aopalliance</groupId>
             <artifactId>aopalliance</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -251,8 +261,8 @@
 
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j12-api</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -263,8 +273,8 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -296,6 +306,10 @@
           <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rss/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rss/pom.xml
index ec3cb4cbd..fba754aaa 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rss/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-rss/pom.xml
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency> 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/pom.xml
index 6ed1f7cf3..8b114b1b7 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-web-common/pom.xml
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j12-api</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/pom.xml
index a95fb6670..1e47e168f 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/pom.xml
@@ -129,6 +129,10 @@
           <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -209,6 +213,16 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <!--  FIXME: temporary coupling to plugin, should be runtime -->
       <artifactId>maven2-repository</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -267,6 +281,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-proxy</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
@@ -511,6 +531,10 @@
           <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
           <artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -522,6 +546,10 @@
           <groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
           <artifactId>jta</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -536,6 +564,10 @@
           <groupId>ehcache</groupId>
           <artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -610,13 +642,18 @@
       <artifactId>redback-integrations-security</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j12-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/test/tomcat/log4j2-test.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/test/tomcat/log4j2-test.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d28f9c63
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-js/src/test/tomcat/log4j2-test.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+<?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 status="debug">
+  <appenders>
+    <Console name="console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+      <PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n"/>
+    </Console>
+  </appenders>
+  <loggers>
+    <logger name="org.apache.archiva.indexer.search.NexusRepositorySearch" level="debug"/>
+
+    <logger name="org.apache.archiva.common.plexusbridge.MavenIndexerUtils" level="debug"/>
+
+    <logger name="JPOX" level="error"/>
+
+
+    <logger name="org.apache.commons.configuration.DefaultConfigurationBuilder" level="error"/>
+
+
+    <logger name="org.apache.archiva.admin.repository.managed" level="debug"/>
+
+
+    <!-- apache httpclient debug content transfer-->
+    <!--
+    <logger name="org.apache.http.wire">
+      <level value="debug"/>
+    </logger>
+    -->
+    <logger name="org.apache.http.headers" level="debug"/>
+
+
+    <logger name="org.springframework" level="info"/>
+
+
+    <logger name="org.codehaus.plexus" level="info"/>
+
+
+    <logger name="org.codehaus.redback" level="info"/>
+
+
+    <logger name="org.apache.cxf" level="info"/>
+
+    <logger name="org.quartz" level="info"/>
+
+    <logger name="org.apache.archiva.indexer.merger" level="debug"/>
+
+    <root level="info">
+      <appender-ref ref="console"/>
+    </root>
+  </loggers>
+</configuration>
+
+
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test-js/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test-js/pom.xml
index 5366a91f2..815f00741 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test-js/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp-test-js/pom.xml
@@ -107,13 +107,13 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j12-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
index cce6e90d1..e255b5fcc 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-proxy</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
@@ -312,8 +318,8 @@
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j12-api</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -555,6 +561,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-webdav</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
@@ -662,10 +674,8 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1</version>
-      <!-- provided by jcl-over-slf4j, don't want this in the webapp -->
-      <scope>provided</scope>
+      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -740,6 +750,10 @@
           <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -774,6 +788,12 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <!--  FIXME: temporary coupling to plugin, should be runtime -->
       <artifactId>maven2-repository</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
@@ -794,6 +814,10 @@
           <groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
           <artifactId>jta</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -808,6 +832,10 @@
           <groupId>ehcache</groupId>
           <artifactId>ehcache</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/pom.xml
index f1ba0a44b..8003245d3 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/archiva-web/archiva-webdav/pom.xml
@@ -64,10 +64,22 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-repository-layer</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-proxy</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
@@ -80,6 +92,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackrabbit-webdav</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
@@ -193,6 +211,12 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-repository-admin-default</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva.redback</groupId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/plugins/maven2-repository/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/plugins/maven2-repository/pom.xml
index bf1cafbb3..2747ef877 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/plugins/maven2-repository/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/plugins/maven2-repository/pom.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>archiva-proxy-common</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.sonatype.sisu</groupId>
@@ -62,7 +68,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -133,6 +139,10 @@
             <groupId>aopalliance</groupId>
             <artifactId>aopalliance</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-file/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-file/pom.xml
index 026551815..93fcfcbab 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-file/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-file/pom.xml
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-      <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-jcr/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-jcr/pom.xml
index 5e0950e0f..ac07043de 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-jcr/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/plugins/metadata-store-jcr/pom.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@
           <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/plugins/npanday-support/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/plugins/npanday-support/pom.xml
index c7e46ec70..3492c0ed8 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/plugins/npanday-support/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/plugins/npanday-support/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,16 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven2-repository</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/plugins/repository-statistics/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/plugins/repository-statistics/pom.xml
index eee8231ed..4c32130a3 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/plugins/repository-statistics/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/plugins/repository-statistics/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,16 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven2-repository</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -56,14 +66,20 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>  
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.jackrabbit</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackrabbit-core</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
diff --git a/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/pom.xml b/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/pom.xml
index e1b188e43..8a8adb65f 100644
--- a/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/pom.xml
+++ b/archiva-modules/plugins/stage-repository-merge/pom.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
       <artifactId>maven2-repository</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+          <artifactId>commons-logging-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
@@ -66,8 +76,8 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j12-api</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 154284c4d..8db3d5986 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
     <redback.spring-utils.version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</redback.spring-utils.version>
     <redback.taskqueue.version>2.0-SNAPSHOT</redback.taskqueue.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.0</slf4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>2.0-alpha2</log4j.version>
 
     <spring.version>3.1.2.RELEASE</spring.version>
 
@@ -701,11 +702,6 @@
         <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
         <version>1.1.2</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.17</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.archiva</groupId>
         <artifactId>archiva-lucene-consumers</artifactId>
@@ -1155,12 +1151,6 @@
         <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
         <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-        <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-        <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-        <scope>runtime</scope>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
@@ -1179,6 +1169,44 @@
         <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
         <scope>runtime</scope>
       </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+        <version>1.1.1</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+        <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        <scope>runtime</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        <scope>runtime</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+        <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        <scope>runtime</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>log4j-jcl</artifactId>
+        <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        <scope>runtime</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>log4j12-api</artifactId>
+        <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        <scope>runtime</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
         <groupId>taglibs</groupId>
         <artifactId>standard</artifactId>
@@ -1500,7 +1528,6 @@
                     <exclude>org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-quartz</exclude>
                     <exclude>org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-spring</exclude>
                     <exclude>org.codehaus.redback:plexus-spring</exclude>
-                    <exclude>commons-logging:commons-logging</exclude>
                     <exclude>org.slf4j:jcl104-over-slf4j</exclude>
                     <exclude>velocity:velocity-dep</exclude>
                     <exclude>velocity:velocity</exclude>
@@ -1522,6 +1549,15 @@
                     <exclude>org.codehaus.plexus.registry:plexus-registry-api</exclude>
                     <exclude>org.codehaus.plexus.registry:plexus-registry-commons</exclude>
                     <exclude>org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-taskqueue</exclude>
+
+
+                    <exclude>commons-logging:commons-logging-api</exclude>
+                    <exclude>log4j:log4j</exclude>
+                    <exclude>org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j</exclude>
+                    <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</exclude>
+
+                    <!-- TODO org.sonatype.sisu:sisu-guava -->
+
                   </excludes>
                 </bannedDependencies>
               </rules>