diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e00ffb70..b877201b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@
     <hadoop-three.version>3.0.3</hadoop-three.version>
     <hadoop.version>${hadoop-two.version}</hadoop.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
+    <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
     <checkstyle.version>8.18</checkstyle.version>
     <maven.checkstyle.version>3.1.0</maven.checkstyle.version>
     <surefire.version>3.0.0-M4</surefire.version>
@@ -191,6 +192,11 @@
         <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
         <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.glassfish</groupId>
         <artifactId>javax.el</artifactId>