diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
index d07e1dd..020fec0 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
@@ -116,17 +116,33 @@
             <groupId>jdk.tools</groupId>
             <artifactId>jdk.tools</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-hdfs</artifactId>
         <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-minicluster</artifactId>
         <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
@@ -139,6 +155,12 @@
         <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
         <classifier>tests</classifier>
         <scope>test</scope>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
@@ -277,6 +299,11 @@
         <artifactId>maven-plugin-api</artifactId>
         <version>3.6.3</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>log4j-1.2-api</artifactId>
+        <version>2.13.1</version>
+      </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
   <build>