diff --git a/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/30_deb_package.bats b/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/30_deb_package.bats
index 1f4cdeeeb3f..2fdeed4d13f 100644
--- a/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/30_deb_package.bats
+++ b/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/30_deb_package.bats
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ setup() {
     assert_file_exist "/etc/elasticsearch"
     assert_file_exist "/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml"
     assert_file_exist "/etc/elasticsearch/jvm.options"
-    assert_file_exist "/etc/elasticsearch/logging.yml"
+    assert_file_exist "/etc/elasticsearch/log4j2.properties"
 
     # The env file is still here
     assert_file_exist "/etc/default/elasticsearch"
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ setup() {
     assert_file_not_exist "/etc/elasticsearch"
     assert_file_not_exist "/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml"
     assert_file_not_exist "/etc/elasticsearch/jvm.options"
-    assert_file_not_exist "/etc/elasticsearch/logging.yml"
+    assert_file_not_exist "/etc/elasticsearch/log4j2.properties"
 
     assert_file_not_exist "/etc/default/elasticsearch"
 
diff --git a/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/40_rpm_package.bats b/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/40_rpm_package.bats
index c47f24e6c67..a7aa860370c 100644
--- a/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/40_rpm_package.bats
+++ b/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/40_rpm_package.bats
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ setup() {
     assert_file_not_exist "/etc/elasticsearch"
     assert_file_not_exist "/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml"
     assert_file_not_exist "/etc/elasticsearch/jvm.options"
-    assert_file_not_exist "/etc/elasticsearch/logging.yml"
+    assert_file_not_exist "/etc/elasticsearch/log4j2.properties"
 
     assert_file_not_exist "/etc/init.d/elasticsearch"
     assert_file_not_exist "/usr/lib/systemd/system/elasticsearch.service"
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ setup() {
 @test "[RPM] reremove package" {
     echo "# ping" >> "/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml"
     echo "# ping" >> "/etc/elasticsearch/jvm.options"
-    echo "# ping" >> "/etc/elasticsearch/logging.yml"
+    echo "# ping" >> "/etc/elasticsearch/log4j2.properties"
     echo "# ping" >> "/etc/elasticsearch/scripts/script"
     rpm -e 'elasticsearch'
 }
@@ -163,8 +163,8 @@ setup() {
     assert_file_exist "/etc/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.yml.rpmsave"
     assert_file_not_exist "/etc/elasticsearch/jvm.options"
     assert_file_exist "/etc/elasticsearch/jvm.options.rpmsave"
-    assert_file_not_exist "/etc/elasticsearch/logging.yml"
-    assert_file_exist "/etc/elasticsearch/logging.yml.rpmsave"
+    assert_file_not_exist "/etc/elasticsearch/log4j2.properties"
+    assert_file_exist "/etc/elasticsearch/log4j2.properties.rpmsave"
     # older versions of rpm behave differently and preserve the
     # directory but do not append the ".rpmsave" suffix
     test -e "/etc/elasticsearch/scripts" || test -e "/etc/elasticsearch/scripts.rpmsave"
diff --git a/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/os_package.bash b/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/os_package.bash
index ee6e491d169..d46d7fe9a5d 100644
--- a/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/os_package.bash
+++ b/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/os_package.bash
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ verify_package_installation() {
     assert_file "$ESHOME/lib" d root root 755
     assert_file "$ESCONFIG" d root elasticsearch 750
     assert_file "$ESCONFIG/elasticsearch.yml" f root elasticsearch 750
-    assert_file "$ESCONFIG/logging.yml" f root elasticsearch 750
+    assert_file "$ESCONFIG/log4j2.properties" f root elasticsearch 750
     assert_file "$ESSCRIPTS" d root elasticsearch 750
     assert_file "$ESDATA" d elasticsearch elasticsearch 755
     assert_file "$ESLOG" d elasticsearch elasticsearch 755
diff --git a/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/packaging_test_utils.bash b/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/packaging_test_utils.bash
index dbe2633e770..fbda05d5f30 100644
--- a/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/packaging_test_utils.bash
+++ b/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/packaging_test_utils.bash
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ move_config() {
     mv "$oldConfig"/* "$ESCONFIG"
     chown -R elasticsearch:elasticsearch "$ESCONFIG"
     assert_file_exist "$ESCONFIG/elasticsearch.yml"
-    assert_file_exist "$ESCONFIG/logging.yml"
+    assert_file_exist "$ESCONFIG/log4j2.properties"
 }
 
 # Copies a script into the Elasticsearch install.
diff --git a/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/tar.bash b/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/tar.bash
index 798ec6c2997..0ea86ddcc6e 100644
--- a/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/tar.bash
+++ b/qa/vagrant/src/test/resources/packaging/scripts/tar.bash
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ verify_archive_installation() {
     assert_file "$ESHOME/bin/elasticsearch-plugin" f
     assert_file "$ESCONFIG" d
     assert_file "$ESCONFIG/elasticsearch.yml" f
-    assert_file "$ESCONFIG/logging.yml" f
+    assert_file "$ESCONFIG/log4j2.properties" f
     assert_file "$ESHOME/lib" d
     assert_file "$ESHOME/NOTICE.txt" f
     assert_file "$ESHOME/LICENSE.txt" f