diff --git a/distro/src/main/assembly/plugin-elasticsearch.xml b/distro/src/main/assembly/plugin-elasticsearch.xml
index 8caeb5d11d..3bc7a10076 100644
--- a/distro/src/main/assembly/plugin-elasticsearch.xml
+++ b/distro/src/main/assembly/plugin-elasticsearch.xml
@@ -38,8 +38,10 @@
         <includes>
           <include>commons-collections:commons-collections</include>
           <include>commons-lang:commons-lang</include>
-          <include>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</include>
-          <include>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</include>
+          <include>org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:${slf4j2.version}</include>
+          <include>org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:${slf4j2.version}</include>
+          <include>org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-1.2-api:${slf4j2.version}</include>
+          <include>org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:${slf4j2.version}</include>
         </includes>
       </binaries>
     </moduleSet>
@@ -121,7 +123,10 @@
           <include>commons-lang:commons-lang:jar:${commons.lang.version}</include>
           <include>commons-logging:commons-logging:jar:${commons.logging.version}</include>
           <include>com.google.guava:guava:jar:${google.guava.version}</include>
-          <include>org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:${slf4j-api.version}</include>
+          <include>org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:${slf4j2.version}</include>
+          <include>org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:${slf4j2.version}</include>
+          <include>org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-1.2-api:${slf4j2.version}</include>
+          <include>org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl:${slf4j2.version}</include>
           <include>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-common:jar:${hadoop.version}</include>
           <include>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-auth:jar:${hadoop.version}</include>
           <include>org.apache.ranger:ranger-plugins-cred</include>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c7fccdc0ab..30c4cc3304 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -183,6 +183,7 @@
         <security-agent-install-dir>hadoop-security/plugins</security-agent-install-dir>
         <servlet.api.version>2.5</servlet.api.version>
         <slf4j-api.version>1.7.30</slf4j-api.version>
+        <slf4j2.version>2.17.2</slf4j2.version>
         <solr.version>7.7.1</solr.version>
         <spring-ldap-core.version>2.3.3.RELEASE</spring-ldap-core.version>
         <springframework.security.version>5.5.0</springframework.security.version>
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@
         <lucene.version>8.4.0</lucene.version>
         <hppc.version>0.8.0</hppc.version>
         <joda.time.version>2.10.6</joda.time.version>
-        <log4j.core.version>2.13.3</log4j.core.version>
+        <log4j.core.version>2.17.2</log4j.core.version>
     </properties>
     <profiles>
         <profile>
diff --git a/ranger-elasticsearch-plugin-shim/pom.xml b/ranger-elasticsearch-plugin-shim/pom.xml
index d2c25f10ef..58202e0130 100644
--- a/ranger-elasticsearch-plugin-shim/pom.xml
+++ b/ranger-elasticsearch-plugin-shim/pom.xml
@@ -55,12 +55,25 @@
 			<artifactId>commons-lang</artifactId>
 			<version>${commons.lang.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
-
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-			<version>${slf4j-api.version}</version>
-			<scope>runtime</scope>
+			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${slf4j2.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+			<version>${slf4j2.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j-1.2-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${slf4j2.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+			<version>${slf4j2.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>