diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-1/pom.xml b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-1/pom.xml
index 82a1a38397..b6e3717f7c 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-1/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-1/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.14.1</version>
+            <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
@@ -67,4 +67,8 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
+    <properties>
+        <log4j2.version>2.14.1</log4j2.version>
+    </properties>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-1/src/main/java/com/baeldung/servletinitializer/WarInitializerApplication.java b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-1/src/main/java/com/baeldung/servletinitializer/WarInitializerApplication.java
index 3b360b4adc..0aa0f0ae0b 100644
--- a/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-1/src/main/java/com/baeldung/servletinitializer/WarInitializerApplication.java
+++ b/spring-boot-modules/spring-boot-1/src/main/java/com/baeldung/servletinitializer/WarInitializerApplication.java
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
-//import org.springframework.boot.web.servlet.support.SpringBootServletInitializer;
 import org.springframework.boot.web.support.SpringBootServletInitializer;
 import org.springframework.ui.Model;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;