diff --git a/LICENSE-binary b/LICENSE-binary
index c5ba9f938aefa..c2cc745b4da34 100644
--- a/LICENSE-binary
+++ b/LICENSE-binary
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/webapps/static/nvd3-1.8.5.* (css and js
 hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/checker/AbstractFuture.java
 hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/datanode/checker/TimeoutFuture.java
 
+ch.qos.reload4j:reload4j:1.2.22
 com.aliyun:aliyun-java-sdk-core:4.5.10
 com.aliyun:aliyun-java-sdk-kms:2.11.0
 com.aliyun:aliyun-java-sdk-ram:3.1.0
@@ -294,7 +295,6 @@ io.reactivex:rxjava-string:1.1.1
 io.reactivex:rxnetty:0.4.20
 io.swagger:swagger-annotations:1.5.4
 javax.inject:javax.inject:1
-log4j:log4j:1.2.17
 net.java.dev.jna:jna:5.2.0
 net.minidev:accessors-smart:1.2
 org.apache.avro:avro:1.9.2
@@ -489,11 +489,10 @@ org.checkerframework:checker-qual:2.5.2
 org.codehaus.mojo:animal-sniffer-annotations:1.21
 org.jruby.jcodings:jcodings:1.0.13
 org.jruby.joni:joni:2.1.2
-org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:jar:1.7.25
-org.ojalgo:ojalgo:43.0:compile
-org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:1.7.25
-org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.25
-org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:1.7.25
+org.ojalgo:ojalgo:43.0
+org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:1.7.36
+org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.36
+org.slf4j:slf4j-reload4j:1.7.36
 
 
 CDDL 1.1 + GPLv2 with classpath exception
diff --git a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-dynamometer.xml b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-dynamometer.xml
index 448035262e12d..b2ce562231c5a 100644
--- a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-dynamometer.xml
+++ b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-dynamometer.xml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
       <excludes>
         <!-- use slf4j from common to avoid multiple binding warnings -->
         <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</exclude>
-        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</exclude>
+        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-reload4j</exclude>
       </excludes>
     </dependencySet>
   </dependencySets>
diff --git a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-hdfs-nfs-dist.xml b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-hdfs-nfs-dist.xml
index 0edfdeb7b0d52..af5d89d7efe48 100644
--- a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-hdfs-nfs-dist.xml
+++ b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-hdfs-nfs-dist.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <exclude>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-hdfs</exclude>
         <!-- use slf4j from common to avoid multiple binding warnings -->
         <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</exclude>
-        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</exclude>
+        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-reload4j</exclude>
         <exclude>org.hsqldb:hsqldb</exclude>
       </excludes>
     </dependencySet>
diff --git a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-httpfs-dist.xml b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-httpfs-dist.xml
index d698a3005d429..bec2f94b95ea1 100644
--- a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-httpfs-dist.xml
+++ b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-httpfs-dist.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         <exclude>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-hdfs</exclude>
         <!-- use slf4j from common to avoid multiple binding warnings -->
         <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</exclude>
-        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</exclude>
+        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-reload4j</exclude>
         <exclude>org.hsqldb:hsqldb</exclude>
       </excludes>
     </dependencySet>
diff --git a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-kms-dist.xml b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-kms-dist.xml
index ff6f99080cafd..e5e6834b04206 100644
--- a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-kms-dist.xml
+++ b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-kms-dist.xml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
         <exclude>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-hdfs</exclude>
         <!-- use slf4j from common to avoid multiple binding warnings -->
         <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</exclude>
-        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</exclude>
+        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-reload4j</exclude>
         <exclude>org.hsqldb:hsqldb</exclude>
       </excludes>
     </dependencySet>
diff --git a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-mapreduce-dist.xml b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-mapreduce-dist.xml
index 06a55d6d06a72..28d5ebe9f605d 100644
--- a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-mapreduce-dist.xml
+++ b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-mapreduce-dist.xml
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
         <exclude>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-hdfs</exclude>
         <!-- use slf4j from common to avoid multiple binding warnings -->
         <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</exclude>
-        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</exclude>
+        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-reload4j</exclude>
         <exclude>org.hsqldb:hsqldb</exclude>
         <exclude>jdiff:jdiff:jar</exclude>
       </excludes>
diff --git a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-nfs-dist.xml b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-nfs-dist.xml
index cb3d9cdf24978..59000c071131c 100644
--- a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-nfs-dist.xml
+++ b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-nfs-dist.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
         <exclude>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-hdfs</exclude>
         <!-- use slf4j from common to avoid multiple binding warnings -->
         <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</exclude>
-        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</exclude>
+        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-reload4j</exclude>
         <exclude>org.hsqldb:hsqldb</exclude>
       </excludes>
     </dependencySet>
diff --git a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-tools.xml b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-tools.xml
index db744f511dadb..c01d9c4282089 100644
--- a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-tools.xml
+++ b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-tools.xml
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
         <exclude>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop-pipes</exclude>
         <!-- use slf4j from common to avoid multiple binding warnings -->
         <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</exclude>
-        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</exclude>
+        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-reload4j</exclude>
       </excludes>
     </dependencySet>
   </dependencySets>
diff --git a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-yarn-dist.xml b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-yarn-dist.xml
index 4da4ac5acb98b..cd86ce4e41766 100644
--- a/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-yarn-dist.xml
+++ b/hadoop-assemblies/src/main/resources/assemblies/hadoop-yarn-dist.xml
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@
         <exclude>org.apache.hadoop:*</exclude>
         <!-- use slf4j from common to avoid multiple binding warnings -->
         <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</exclude>
-        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</exclude>
+        <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-reload4j</exclude>
         <exclude>org.hsqldb:hsqldb</exclude>
       </excludes>
     </dependencySet>
diff --git a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-check-invariants/pom.xml b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-check-invariants/pom.xml
index 24d1aedd2329b..14716995c0828 100644
--- a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-check-invariants/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-check-invariants/pom.xml
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@
                     <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</exclude>
                     <!-- Leave commons-logging unshaded so downstream users can configure logging. -->
                     <exclude>commons-logging:commons-logging</exclude>
-                    <!-- Leave log4j unshaded so downstream users can configure logging. -->
-                    <exclude>log4j:log4j</exclude>
+                    <!-- Leave reload4j unshaded so downstream users can configure logging. -->
+                    <exclude>ch.qos.reload4j:reload4j</exclude>
                     <!-- Leave javax annotations we need exposed -->
                     <exclude>com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305</exclude>
                     <!-- Leave bouncycastle unshaded because it's signed with a special Oracle certificate so it can be a custom JCE security provider -->
diff --git a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-check-test-invariants/pom.xml b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-check-test-invariants/pom.xml
index fd866b0657347..d934f753911eb 100644
--- a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-check-test-invariants/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-check-test-invariants/pom.xml
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@
                     <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</exclude>
                     <!-- Leave commons-logging unshaded so downstream users can configure logging. -->
                     <exclude>commons-logging:commons-logging</exclude>
-                    <!-- Leave log4j unshaded so downstream users can configure logging. -->
-                    <exclude>log4j:log4j</exclude>
+                    <!-- Leave reload4j unshaded so downstream users can configure logging. -->
+                    <exclude>ch.qos.reload4j:reload4j</exclude>
                     <!-- Leave JUnit unshaded so downstream can use our test helper classes -->
                     <exclude>junit:junit</exclude>
                     <!-- JUnit brings in hamcrest -->
diff --git a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-integration-tests/pom.xml b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-integration-tests/pom.xml
index 09b29978e5470..4146acf89dcdb 100644
--- a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
 
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -42,11 +42,6 @@
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
diff --git a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-minicluster/pom.xml b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-minicluster/pom.xml
index c8c191fdc0a45..666df82f48381 100644
--- a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-minicluster/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-minicluster/pom.xml
@@ -193,8 +193,12 @@
           <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
-          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
@@ -693,7 +697,7 @@
                       <exclude>commons-logging:commons-logging</exclude>
                       <exclude>junit:junit</exclude>
                       <exclude>com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305</exclude>
-                      <exclude>log4j:log4j</exclude>
+                      <exclude>ch.qos.reload4j:reload4j</exclude>
                       <exclude>org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-common</exclude>
                       <exclude>org.eclipse.jetty.websocket:websocket-api</exclude>
                       <!-- We need a filter that matches just those things that are included in the above artiacts -->
diff --git a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-runtime/pom.xml b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-runtime/pom.xml
index 1ee75a28d43c3..22c8ae00a3a52 100644
--- a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@
          * one of the three custom log4j appenders we have
       -->
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@
                       <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</exclude>
                       <!-- Leave commons-logging unshaded so downstream users can configure logging. -->
                       <exclude>commons-logging:commons-logging</exclude>
-                      <!-- Leave log4j unshaded so downstream users can configure logging. -->
-                      <exclude>log4j:log4j</exclude>
+                      <!-- Leave reload4j unshaded so downstream users can configure logging. -->
+                      <exclude>ch.qos.reload4j:reload4j</exclude>
                       <!-- Leave javax APIs that are stable -->
                       <!-- the jdk ships part of the javax.annotation namespace, so if we want to relocate this we'll have to care it out by class :( -->
                       <exclude>com.google.code.findbugs:jsr305</exclude>
diff --git a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client/pom.xml
index b2a862c8fc3b4..7e6ef037ee2d7 100644
--- a/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-client-modules/hadoop-client/pom.xml
@@ -214,8 +214,8 @@
           <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
-          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>com.sun.jersey</groupId>
@@ -298,11 +298,6 @@
           <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
           <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <!-- No slf4j backends for downstream clients -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -331,11 +326,6 @@
           <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
           <artifactId>netty</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
-        <!-- No slf4j backends for downstream clients -->
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth-examples/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth-examples/pom.xml
index a0e3a36dee710..fab06a3f21b62 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth-examples/pom.xml
@@ -47,13 +47,13 @@
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml
index 429041118e329..ed10bae74e1c5 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-auth/pom.xml
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -173,6 +173,12 @@
       <artifactId>apacheds-server-integ</artifactId>
       <version>${apacheds.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.directory.server</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
index 8a08d21eec18b..392a26c2ff9ae 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/pom.xml
@@ -193,8 +193,8 @@
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/GenericsUtil.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/GenericsUtil.java
index 2bf26da4d3ba2..73bf4645a040e 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/GenericsUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/GenericsUtil.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 @InterfaceStability.Unstable
 public class GenericsUtil {
 
-  private static final String SLF4J_LOG4J_ADAPTER_CLASS = "org.slf4j.impl.Log4jLoggerAdapter";
+  private static final String SLF4J_LOG4J_ADAPTER_CLASS = "org.slf4j.impl.Reload4jLoggerAdapter";
 
   /**
    * Set to false only if log4j adapter class is not found in the classpath. Once set to false,
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestClassUtil.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestClassUtil.java
index 98e182236c94c..04337929abd9f 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestClassUtil.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/util/TestClassUtil.java
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ public void testFindContainingJar() {
     Assert.assertTrue("Containing jar does not exist on file system ",
         jarFile.exists());
     Assert.assertTrue("Incorrect jar file " + containingJar,
-        jarFile.getName().matches("log4j.*[.]jar"));
+        jarFile.getName().matches("reload4j.*[.]jar"));
   }
 }
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/pom.xml
index b97318c90cdae..326f2bb787cf2 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-kms/pom.xml
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@
       <type>test-jar</type>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-minikdc/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-minikdc/pom.xml
index f2def6693354a..96e0f16f49b8c 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-minikdc/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-minikdc/pom.xml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/pom.xml
index b50d389e325b0..bf6589fd6fc46 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-nfs/pom.xml
@@ -74,13 +74,13 @@
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/pom.xml
index 1bc63be270ed8..39038c474912d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-client/pom.xml
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <scope>provided</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
-          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
index 4d799254fa297..b307b2165e79d 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-httpfs/pom.xml
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@
       <type>test-jar</type>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- 'mvn dependency:analyze' fails to detect use of this dependency -->
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/pom.xml
index fff4eccc5d9a0..a14b86e10b2b4 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-nfs/pom.xml
@@ -139,8 +139,8 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/pom.xml
index 4fdaf7780e1b4..118bdcf9dd626 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs-rbf/pom.xml
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <scope>provided</scope>
       <exclusions>
         <exclusion>
-          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
index 281b7a4e7e758..ac56754352c20 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
index 7d030972ac9cb..5bbb786a016e9 100644
--- a/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-       <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+       <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-project/pom.xml b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
index c732837dd17fa..a344b562b9519 100644
--- a/hadoop-project/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-project/pom.xml
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@
     <httpcore.version>4.4.13</httpcore.version>
 
     <!-- SLF4J/LOG4J version -->
-    <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
-    <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
+    <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
+    <reload4j.version>1.2.22</reload4j.version>
     <log4j2.version>2.17.1</log4j2.version>
 
     <!-- com.google.re2j version -->
@@ -310,12 +310,28 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
         <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
         <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
         <type>test-jar</type>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
@@ -402,6 +418,12 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-core</artifactId>
         <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
@@ -415,6 +437,12 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
         <artifactId>hadoop-mapreduce-client-jobclient</artifactId>
         <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
@@ -1073,9 +1101,9 @@
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
-        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-        <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
+        <version>${reload4j.version}</version>
         <exclusions>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>com.sun.jdmk</groupId>
@@ -1241,7 +1269,7 @@
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
         <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -1293,6 +1321,12 @@
         <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
         <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
         <version>2.28.2</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
@@ -1427,6 +1461,10 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.kerby</groupId>
             <artifactId>kerby-config</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
@@ -1435,6 +1473,10 @@
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
             <artifactId>jetty-client</artifactId>
@@ -1487,6 +1529,14 @@
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -1646,6 +1696,10 @@
            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
          </exclusion>
+         <exclusion>
+           <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+           <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+         </exclusion>
        </exclusions>
      </dependency>
      <dependency>
@@ -1755,6 +1809,10 @@
             <artifactId>jdk.tools</artifactId>
             <groupId>jdk.tools</groupId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.apache.yetus</groupId>
             <artifactId>audience-annotations</artifactId>
@@ -1767,6 +1825,16 @@
         <version>${hbase.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
         <classifier>tests</classifier>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
@@ -1789,6 +1857,10 @@
         <artifactId>hbase-server</artifactId>
         <version>${hbase.version}</version>
         <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.osgi.core</artifactId>
@@ -1817,6 +1889,16 @@
         <version>${hbase.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
         <classifier>tests</classifier>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
@@ -1841,6 +1923,14 @@
             <artifactId>jdk.tools</artifactId>
             <groupId>jdk.tools</groupId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -2376,6 +2466,9 @@
                     <exclude>com.sun.jersey.jersey-test-framework:*</exclude>
                     <exclude>com.google.inject:guice</exclude>
                     <exclude>org.ow2.asm:asm</exclude>
+
+                    <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</exclude>
+                    <exclude>log4j:log4j</exclude>
                   </excludes>
                   <includes>
                     <!-- for JDK 8 support -->
diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/pom.xml b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/pom.xml
index 00f4e852cb241..f1b0a46273a13 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-azure/pom.xml
@@ -307,8 +307,8 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml
index 8c520808c2139..7f616e0c46a4b 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-applications-distributedshell/pom.xml
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop.thirdparty</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-services/hadoop-yarn-services-core/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-services/hadoop-yarn-services-core/pom.xml
index 80df27ec1cb05..b70b2a6871165 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-services/hadoop-yarn-services-core/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-applications/hadoop-yarn-services/hadoop-yarn-services-core/pom.xml
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/pom.xml
index 1940c6d2cff7d..fdc2b6c274334 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-client/pom.xml
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@
       <artifactId>commons-cli</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty.websocket</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
index facf393d84b53..0d2dedcc3158f 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/pom.xml
@@ -203,8 +203,8 @@
       <artifactId>jersey-guice</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-     <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-     <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+     <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+     <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
index f2414980e4576..bb68f06b6535f 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/pom.xml
@@ -179,8 +179,8 @@
       <artifactId>hadoop-shaded-guava</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
diff --git a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-timelineservice-documentstore/pom.xml b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-timelineservice-documentstore/pom.xml
index d85a89e660d9e..7c68853fb8d7a 100644
--- a/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-timelineservice-documentstore/pom.xml
+++ b/hadoop-yarn-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-timelineservice-documentstore/pom.xml
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@
           <groupId>xml-apis</groupId>
           <artifactId>xml-apis</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>