diff --git a/sentiment-core/pom.xml b/sentiment-core/pom.xml
index 943ae2e287..77b723d46e 100644
--- a/sentiment-core/pom.xml
+++ b/sentiment-core/pom.xml
@@ -217,27 +217,26 @@
 			<groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
 			<artifactId>opennlp-tools</artifactId>
 			<version>1.7.0</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-			<version>1.7.21</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-			<version>1.7.21</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-			<version>1.7.21</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2.17</version>
-		</dependency>
+      	<dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+            <version>2.20.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.7</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.7</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.7</version>
+        </dependency>
 		<!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.solr/solr-solrj -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.solr</groupId>
diff --git a/sentiment-dl/pom.xml b/sentiment-dl/pom.xml
index d09bc96fd4..538e6aec58 100644
--- a/sentiment-dl/pom.xml
+++ b/sentiment-dl/pom.xml
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.24</version>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
+      <version>2.0.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>args4j</groupId>