diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5a2e5f6..d445169 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+        <log4j.version>2.17.2</log4j.version>
         <sonar.java.version>7.24.0.32100</sonar.java.version>
         <version.jacoco.plugin>0.8.10</version.jacoco.plugin>
         <junit.jupiter.version>5.9.1</junit.jupiter.version>
@@ -96,6 +97,19 @@
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+                <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+                <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
+            </dependency>
+
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+                <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+                <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+                <scope>test</scope>
+            </dependency>
 
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
diff --git a/sonar-keyware-plugins-java/pom.xml b/sonar-keyware-plugins-java/pom.xml
index 5beff37..38e8161 100644
--- a/sonar-keyware-plugins-java/pom.xml
+++ b/sonar-keyware-plugins-java/pom.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,17 @@
             <groupId>org.sonarsource.analyzer-commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>sonar-analyzer-commons</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
 
         <!-- unit tests -->
         <dependency>