diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e06d47b3..954647445 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
         <commonscollections>3.2.1</commonscollections>
         <commonslang>2.6</commonslang>
         <elasticsearch>5.5.0</elasticsearch>
+        <log4j>2.8.2</log4j>
         <springdata.commons>2.1.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</springdata.commons>
         <java-module-name>spring.data.elasticsearch</java-module-name>
     </properties>
@@ -86,13 +87,15 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.22</version>
+            <version>${slf4j}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.8.2</version>
+            <version>${log4j}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Jackson JSON Mapper -->
@@ -145,7 +148,7 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-        
+
         <!-- Upgrade xbean to 4.5 to prevent incompatibilities due to ASM versions -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.xbean</groupId>
@@ -176,8 +179,6 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>