diff --git a/NOTICE.txt b/NOTICE.txt
index 3b0784a7832c5..e1992282314ab 100644
--- a/NOTICE.txt
+++ b/NOTICE.txt
@@ -223,13 +223,13 @@ framework, which can be obtained at:
   * HOMEPAGE:
     * http://commons.apache.org/logging/
 
-This product optionally depends on 'Apache Log4J', a logging framework, which
+This product optionally depends on 'reload4j', a logging framework, which
 can be obtained at:
 
   * LICENSE:
-    * license/LICENSE.log4j.txt (Apache License 2.0)
+    * license/LICENSE.reload4j.txt (Apache License 2.0)
   * HOMEPAGE:
-    * http://logging.apache.org/log4j/
+    * https://reload4j.qos.ch/
 
 This product optionally depends on 'Aalto XML', an ultra-high performance
 non-blocking XML processor, which can be obtained at:
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ which has the following notices:
  * This product includes software from the Spring Framework,under the Apache License 2.0 (see: StringUtils.containsWhitespace())
 
 The binary distribution of this product bundles binaries of
-Apache Log4j 1.2.17,
+reload4j 1.2.18.3,
 which has the following notices:
  * ResolverUtil.java
     Copyright 2005-2006 Tim Fennell
diff --git a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-hdfs-nfs-dist.xml b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-hdfs-nfs-dist.xml
index 89e8771d80989..1b7f0a8b73068 100644
--- a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-hdfs-nfs-dist.xml
+++ b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-hdfs-nfs-dist.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <exclude>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-hdfs</exclude>
         <!-- use slf4j from common to avoid multiple binding warnings -->
         <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</exclude>
-        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</exclude>
+        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-reload4j</exclude>
         <exclude>org.hsqldb:hsqldb</exclude>
       </excludes>
     </dependencySet>
diff --git a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-mapreduce-dist.xml b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-mapreduce-dist.xml
index 0cb01ea1a1f00..1dc7e87a9cfc9 100644
--- a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-mapreduce-dist.xml
+++ b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-mapreduce-dist.xml
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@
         <exclude>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-hdfs</exclude>
         <!-- use slf4j from common to avoid multiple binding warnings -->
         <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</exclude>
-        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</exclude>
+        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-reload4j</exclude>
         <exclude>org.hsqldb:hsqldb</exclude>
       </excludes>
     </dependencySet>
diff --git a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-nfs-dist.xml b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-nfs-dist.xml
index 927123985ed88..d2009862e6f63 100644
--- a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-nfs-dist.xml
+++ b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-nfs-dist.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <exclude>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-hdfs</exclude>
         <!-- use slf4j from common to avoid multiple binding warnings -->
         <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</exclude>
-        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</exclude>
+        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-reload4j</exclude>
         <exclude>org.hsqldb:hsqldb</exclude>
       </excludes>
     </dependencySet>
diff --git a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-tools.xml b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-tools.xml
index e6a9a763e3f75..df880d35168fa 100644
--- a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-tools.xml
+++ b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-tools.xml
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
         <exclude>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-pipes</exclude>
         <!-- use slf4j from common to avoid multiple binding warnings -->
         <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</exclude>
-        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</exclude>
+        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-reload4j</exclude>
       </excludes>
     </dependencySet>
   </dependencySets>
diff --git a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-yarn-dist.xml b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-yarn-dist.xml
index 3c179ed8a48e1..90602f2001a79 100644
--- a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-yarn-dist.xml
+++ b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-yarn-dist.xml
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@
         <exclude>com.fasterxml.jackson.core:*</exclude>
         <!-- use slf4j from common to avoid multiple binding warnings -->
         <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</exclude>
-        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</exclude>
+        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-reload4j</exclude>
         <exclude>org.hsqldb:hsqldb</exclude>
       </excludes>
     </dependencySet>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth-examples/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth-examples/pom.xml
index 678bbe4fc8700..4c4de1abcbd75 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth-examples/pom.xml
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml
index ca082f252139a..838237df69482 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml
@@ -88,13 +88,13 @@
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.directory.api</groupId>
           <artifactId>api-ldap-schema-data</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
index 664fe39e187ef..ecb42b53ca514 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/GenericsUtil.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/GenericsUtil.java
index a53096a9577d2..2345c78a27d4c 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/GenericsUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/GenericsUtil.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerAdapter;
+import org.slf4j.impl.Reload4jLoggerAdapter;
 
 /**
  * Contains utility methods for dealing with Java Generics. 
@@ -85,6 +85,6 @@ public static boolean isLog4jLogger(Class<?> clazz) {
       return false;
     }
     Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(clazz);
-    return log instanceof Log4jLoggerAdapter;
+    return log instanceof Reload4jLoggerAdapter;
   }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestClassUtil.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestClassUtil.java
index 98e182236c94c..04337929abd9f 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestClassUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestClassUtil.java
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ public void testFindContainingJar() {
     Assert.assertTrue("Containing jar does not exist on file system ",
         jarFile.exists());
     Assert.assertTrue("Incorrect jar file " + containingJar,
-        jarFile.getName().matches("log4j.*[.]jar"));
+        jarFile.getName().matches("reload4j.*[.]jar"));
   }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/pom.xml
index 45bc8d36982ad..cca83013cf7c9 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/pom.xml
@@ -158,8 +158,8 @@
       <type>test-jar</type>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-minikdc/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-minikdc/pom.xml
index b26955279e965..f1566c9a7ab8a 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-minikdc/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-minikdc/pom.xml
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.directory.api</groupId>
           <artifactId>api-ldap-schema-data</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -143,7 +151,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/pom.xml
index 56f6ddb550668..2ef92770dff76 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/pom.xml
@@ -78,13 +78,13 @@
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
index 2797ad3988de8..59041d7cdd44b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@
       <type>test-jar</type>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/pom.xml
index f41c28378011c..c546e2296cc80 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/pom.xml
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/pom.xml
index 3944308f8b209..110a6523ada9b 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
index 97c7cec599824..0862ae8dafa96 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
index f4a7c99fb734e..ccde003f543e6 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-       <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+       <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
index 706048ff0c70e..3ba723fcd04ab 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-       <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+       <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index 2cf53ae3a8ede..deb28d6cfe580 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@
     <httpcore.version>4.4.13</httpcore.version>
 
     <!-- SLF4J version -->
-    <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
+    <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
+    <reload4j.version>1.2.18.3</reload4j.version>
 
     <!-- ProtocolBuffer version, used to verify the protoc version and -->
     <!-- define the protobuf JAR version                               -->
@@ -762,9 +763,9 @@
         <version>1.1</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
-        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2.17</version>
+        <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
+        <version>${reload4j.version}</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>com.sun.jdmk</groupId>
@@ -873,7 +874,7 @@
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
         <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -1040,6 +1041,14 @@
             <groupId>org.jboss.netty</groupId>
             <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -1056,6 +1065,14 @@
             <groupId>jline</groupId>
             <artifactId>jline</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -1063,6 +1080,16 @@
         <artifactId>bookkeeper-server</artifactId>
         <version>4.2.3</version>
         <scope>compile</scope>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.hsqldb</groupId>
@@ -1258,6 +1285,10 @@
             <artifactId>jdk.tools</artifactId>
            <groupId>jdk.tools</groupId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -1266,6 +1297,16 @@
         <version>${hbase.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
         <classifier>tests</classifier>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
@@ -1283,6 +1324,12 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
         <artifactId>hbase-server</artifactId>
         <version>${hbase.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
@@ -1290,7 +1337,13 @@
         <version>${hbase.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
         <classifier>tests</classifier>
-     </dependency>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
         <artifactId>hbase-testing-util</artifactId>
@@ -1314,6 +1367,14 @@
             <artifactId>jdk.tools</artifactId>
             <groupId>jdk.tools</groupId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -1603,6 +1664,12 @@
                 <DependencyConvergence>
                   <uniqueVersions>true</uniqueVersions>
                 </DependencyConvergence>
+                <bannedDependencies>
+                  <excludes>
+                    <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</exclude>
+                    <exclude>log4j:log4j</exclude>
+                  </excludes>
+                </bannedDependencies>
               </rules>
             </configuration>
             <goals>
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/pom.xml
index a80f50289a118..4b1ffa8f74626 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/pom.xml
@@ -232,8 +232,8 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 <!--
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml
index 5b106afb76102..6221d19262f7f 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-lang</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/pom.xml
index 99ebac3871628..84ccc51d346fb 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/pom.xml
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
       <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
index afeffe0000f85..f8f88df766353 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@
       <artifactId>jersey-guice</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-     <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
index 5b0f7ab943e6e..7aa33bf5f705b 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
@@ -159,8 +159,8 @@
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-timelineservice-hbase-tests/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-timelineservice-hbase-tests/pom.xml
index a9e790f1dc385..f5e30545b4f91 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-timelineservice-hbase-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-timelineservice-hbase-tests/pom.xml
@@ -105,6 +105,14 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-auth</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -115,6 +123,16 @@
       <artifactId>hadoop-auth</artifactId>
       <version>${hbase-compatible-hadoop.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -289,6 +307,14 @@
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-auth</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -299,6 +325,12 @@
       <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
       <version>${hbase-compatible-hadoop.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this direct
@@ -309,6 +341,12 @@
       <version>${hbase-compatible-hadoop.version}</version>
       <type>test-jar</type>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>