diff --git a/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/pom.xml b/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/pom.xml
index f28e42fe57049..f75fdac862a75 100644
--- a/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/pom.xml
+++ b/hudi-sync/hudi-hive-sync/pom.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.17.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/hudi-utilities/pom.xml b/hudi-utilities/pom.xml
index 470ad4772edeb..12e6c832f8d34 100644
--- a/hudi-utilities/pom.xml
+++ b/hudi-utilities/pom.xml
@@ -466,5 +466,11 @@
       <artifactId>junit-platform-commons</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index da92455e7eca9..bae87cef0e49a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
     <junit.platform.version>1.7.0-M1</junit.platform.version>
     <mockito.jupiter.version>3.3.3</mockito.jupiter.version>
     <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
+    <log4j.test.version>2.17.0</log4j.test.version>
     <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
     <joda.version>2.9.9</joda.version>
     <hadoop.version>2.7.3</hadoop.version>
@@ -1127,6 +1128,13 @@
           </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
+      <!-- Needed for running HiveServer for Tests -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+        <version>${log4j.test.version}</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>