diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 95013723..7bcd500e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
 				<configuration>
-					<source>1.5</source>
-					<target>1.5</target>
+					<source>1.8</source>
+					<target>1.8</target>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
@@ -139,11 +139,16 @@
 				<version>1.1.1</version>
 				<scope>compile</scope>
 			</dependency>
+			<!-- logging -->
 			<dependency>
-				<groupId>log4j</groupId>
-				<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-				<version>1.2.14</version>
-				<scope>compile</scope>
+				<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+				<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+				<version>2.17.0</version>
+			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+				<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+				<version>2.17.0</version>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
diff --git a/ssl-proxies/pom.xml b/ssl-proxies/pom.xml
index 38ea0088..8b866511 100644
--- a/ssl-proxies/pom.xml
+++ b/ssl-proxies/pom.xml
@@ -34,10 +34,14 @@
 			<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
 			<scope>compile</scope>
 		</dependency>
+		<!-- logging -->
 		<dependency>
-			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-			<scope>compile</scope>
+			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
diff --git a/ssl-proxies/src/test/java/org/globus/gsi/provider/TestProxyPathValidator.java b/ssl-proxies/src/test/java/org/globus/gsi/provider/TestProxyPathValidator.java
index 399973e5..a85a2d9f 100644
--- a/ssl-proxies/src/test/java/org/globus/gsi/provider/TestProxyPathValidator.java
+++ b/ssl-proxies/src/test/java/org/globus/gsi/provider/TestProxyPathValidator.java
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 import org.globus.gsi.SigningPolicy;
 import org.globus.gsi.SigningPolicyParser;
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class TestProxyPathValidator {
diff --git a/ssl-proxies/src/test/java/org/globus/gsi/proxy/ProxyPathValidatorTest.java b/ssl-proxies/src/test/java/org/globus/gsi/proxy/ProxyPathValidatorTest.java
index 4f8ede9c..e88bc623 100644
--- a/ssl-proxies/src/test/java/org/globus/gsi/proxy/ProxyPathValidatorTest.java
+++ b/ssl-proxies/src/test/java/org/globus/gsi/proxy/ProxyPathValidatorTest.java
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@
 import org.globus.gsi.SigningPolicy;
 import org.globus.gsi.SigningPolicyParser;
 import org.globus.gsi.CertificateRevocationLists;
-import org.globus.gsi.proxy.ProxyPolicyHandler;
-import org.globus.gsi.proxy.ProxyPathValidator;
-import org.globus.gsi.proxy.ProxyPathValidatorException;
 import org.globus.gsi.proxy.ext.ProxyCertInfo;
 import org.globus.gsi.proxy.ext.ProxyPolicy;
 
diff --git a/test-utils/pom.xml b/test-utils/pom.xml
index c0239dbc..29e348fc 100644
--- a/test-utils/pom.xml
+++ b/test-utils/pom.xml
@@ -23,10 +23,14 @@
       <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <!-- logging -->
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-      <scope>compile</scope>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 </project>