diff --git a/client/benchmark/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/client/benchmark/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 22f54ef68e5..00000000000
--- a/client/benchmark/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-es.logger.level=INFO
-log4j.rootLogger=${es.logger.level}, out
-
-log4j.logger.org.apache.http=INFO, out
-log4j.additivity.org.apache.http=false
-
-log4j.appender.out=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.out.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.out.layout.conversionPattern=[%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c] %m%n
diff --git a/client/benchmark/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties b/client/benchmark/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8652131bf49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client/benchmark/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+appender.console.type = Console
+appender.console.name = console
+appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
+appender.console.layout.pattern = [%d{ISO8601}][%-5p][%-25c] %marker%m%n
+
+rootLogger.level = info
+rootLogger.appenderRef.console.ref = console