diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 10c4200312..9ed00c9974 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
         <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/tez-common/pom.xml b/tez-common/pom.xml
index 5fd6910b18..0fd4255abe 100644
--- a/tez-common/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-common/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
diff --git a/tez-ext-service-tests/pom.xml b/tez-ext-service-tests/pom.xml
index 327d457187..8c2d84ee7c 100644
--- a/tez-ext-service-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-ext-service-tests/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
diff --git a/tez-plugins/tez-aux-services/pom.xml b/tez-plugins/tez-aux-services/pom.xml
index 9493bd51dd..b9204d2a9d 100644
--- a/tez-plugins/tez-aux-services/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-plugins/tez-aux-services/pom.xml
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
               <minimizeJar>true</minimizeJar>
               <artifactSet>
                 <excludes>
-                  <exclude>log4j:log4j</exclude>
+                  <exclude>ch.qos.reload4j:reload4j</exclude>
                   <exclude>org.slf4j:*</exclude>
                 </excludes>
               </artifactSet>
diff --git a/tez-runtime-internals/pom.xml b/tez-runtime-internals/pom.xml
index f7e14dae59..65841cf666 100644
--- a/tez-runtime-internals/pom.xml
+++ b/tez-runtime-internals/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>