diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-birt/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-birt/pom.xml
index 0ab744bb26..4963cc3036 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-birt/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-birt/pom.xml
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
+	<!--  this module should use the Boot parent directly to avoid inherit the logback dependency from our other parents -->
     <parent>
-        <groupId>com.baeldung.spring-boot-modules</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-boot-modules</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-        <relativePath>../</relativePath>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>2.1.1.RELEASE</version>
+        <relativePath/> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>spring-boot-mvc-birt</artifactId>
@@ -19,10 +20,6 @@
     <description>Module For Spring Boot Integration with BIRT</description>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -51,17 +48,14 @@
             <artifactId>org.eclipse.birt.runtime_4.8.0-20180626</artifactId>
             <version>${eclipse.birt.runtime.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/log4j/log4j -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
             <version>${log4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.projectlombok/lombok -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
             <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
-            <version>${lombok.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -81,6 +75,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <eclipse.birt.runtime.version>4.8.0</eclipse.birt.runtime.version>
+        <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-birt/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-birt/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e4fcb01308
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-birt/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Set root logger level to DEBUG and its only appender to A1.
+log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, A1
+
+# A1 is set to be a ConsoleAppender.
+log4j.appender.A1=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+
+# A1 uses PatternLayout.
+log4j.appender.A1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.A1.layout.ConversionPattern=%-4r [%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-birt/src/test/java/com/baeldung/birt/engine/SpringContextTest.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-birt/src/test/java/com/baeldung/birt/engine/SpringContextTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5235a494df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-mvc-birt/src/test/java/com/baeldung/birt/engine/SpringContextTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.baeldung.birt.engine;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootTest;
+
+@SpringBootTest
+public class SpringContextTest {
+    
+    @Test
+    public void whenSpringContextIsBootstrapped_thenNoExceptions() {
+
+    }
+}