diff --git a/framework/managed-context/pom.xml b/framework/managed-context/pom.xml
index abc2ce93759..4d1ab4920bb 100644
--- a/framework/managed-context/pom.xml
+++ b/framework/managed-context/pom.xml
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
     </parent>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>${cs.log4j.version}</version>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
+            <version>${cs.reload4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/alert-handlers/snmp-alerts/pom.xml b/plugins/alert-handlers/snmp-alerts/pom.xml
index bf3ffb3fbf9..e8416653ed8 100644
--- a/plugins/alert-handlers/snmp-alerts/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/alert-handlers/snmp-alerts/pom.xml
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
             <artifactId>org.apache.servicemix.bundles.snmp4j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/alert-handlers/syslog-alerts/pom.xml b/plugins/alert-handlers/syslog-alerts/pom.xml
index 1f56ff3854e..84021425f18 100644
--- a/plugins/alert-handlers/syslog-alerts/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/alert-handlers/syslog-alerts/pom.xml
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
     </parent>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/plugins/hypervisors/ovm3/pom.xml b/plugins/hypervisors/ovm3/pom.xml
index 4c3ef041542..4de72e2bf5a 100644
--- a/plugins/hypervisors/ovm3/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/hypervisors/ovm3/pom.xml
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
             <version>${cs.commons-lang3.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>
diff --git a/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/pom.xml b/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/pom.xml
index d8a33df32a0..5cff3d3aa2e 100644
--- a/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/integrations/kubernetes-service/pom.xml
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@
             <version>${cs.guava.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>${cs.log4j.version}</version>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
+            <version>${cs.reload4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/plugins/network-elements/juniper-contrail/pom.xml b/plugins/network-elements/juniper-contrail/pom.xml
index 7acdbce6a7c..c87c760d579 100644
--- a/plugins/network-elements/juniper-contrail/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/network-elements/juniper-contrail/pom.xml
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@
             <groupId>net.juniper.contrail</groupId>
             <artifactId>juniper-contrail-api</artifactId>
             <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>mysql</groupId>
diff --git a/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/pom.xml b/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/pom.xml
index 897fe0954a1..7341649ccfd 100644
--- a/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/pom.xml
+++ b/plugins/user-authenticators/ldap/pom.xml
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@
             <version>${ads.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
             <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
                 <!--
                  shared-ldap-schema module needs to be excluded to avoid multiple schema resources on the classpath
                 -->
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a8e50f06210..5e77126b22d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         <cs.clover-maven-plugin.version>4.4.1</cs.clover-maven-plugin.version>
 
         <!-- Logging versions -->
-        <cs.log4j.version>1.2.17</cs.log4j.version>
+        <cs.reload4j.version>1.2.18.4</cs.reload4j.version>
         <cs.log4j.extras.version>1.2.17</cs.log4j.extras.version>
         <cs.logging.version>1.1.1</cs.logging.version>
 
@@ -439,9 +439,9 @@
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
-                <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-                <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-                <version>${cs.log4j.version}</version>
+                <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+                <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
+                <version>${cs.reload4j.version}</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>mysql</groupId>
@@ -618,6 +618,12 @@
                 <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
                 <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
                 <version>2.1.0.1</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <!-- Test dependency in mysql for db tests -->
             <dependency>
diff --git a/services/console-proxy/server/pom.xml b/services/console-proxy/server/pom.xml
index 071ee461385..194907627ce 100644
--- a/services/console-proxy/server/pom.xml
+++ b/services/console-proxy/server/pom.xml
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
     </parent>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
diff --git a/services/secondary-storage/server/pom.xml b/services/secondary-storage/server/pom.xml
index 26f70000741..ce4e6d0906a 100644
--- a/services/secondary-storage/server/pom.xml
+++ b/services/secondary-storage/server/pom.xml
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
     </parent>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index 872905bd20e..17691f80683 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jenkins-ci</groupId>
diff --git a/utils/pom.xml b/utils/pom.xml
index 36133ce5c55..9fcacb16511 100755
--- a/utils/pom.xml
+++ b/utils/pom.xml
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
             <artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>cglib</groupId>
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@
             <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
             <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
             <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
                     <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>