diff --git a/bigtable-hbase-1.x-parent/bigtable-hbase-1.x-tools/pom.xml b/bigtable-hbase-1.x-parent/bigtable-hbase-1.x-tools/pom.xml
index bb0de8dc3f..5f902fc83c 100644
--- a/bigtable-hbase-1.x-parent/bigtable-hbase-1.x-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/bigtable-hbase-1.x-parent/bigtable-hbase-1.x-tools/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <mainclass>com.google.cloud.bigtable.hbase.tools.HBaseSchemaTranslator</mainclass>
+    <log4j2.version>2.15.0</log4j2.version>
   </properties>
   <artifactId>bigtable-hbase-1.x-tools</artifactId>
 
@@ -54,14 +55,15 @@
       <version>30.1.1-android</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.17</version>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
diff --git a/bigtable-hbase-1.x-parent/bigtable-hbase-1.x-tools/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/hbase/tools/HBaseSchemaTranslator.java b/bigtable-hbase-1.x-parent/bigtable-hbase-1.x-tools/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/hbase/tools/HBaseSchemaTranslator.java
index 4dab136ce0..60eecf6729 100644
--- a/bigtable-hbase-1.x-parent/bigtable-hbase-1.x-tools/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/hbase/tools/HBaseSchemaTranslator.java
+++ b/bigtable-hbase-1.x-parent/bigtable-hbase-1.x-tools/src/main/java/com/google/cloud/bigtable/hbase/tools/HBaseSchemaTranslator.java
@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Connection;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.ConnectionFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.exceptions.DeserializationException;
-import org.apache.log4j.BasicConfigurator;
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 /**
  * A utility to create tables in Cloud Bigtable based on the tables in an HBase cluster.
@@ -102,7 +101,7 @@ public class HBaseSchemaTranslator {
   public static final String TABLE_NAME_FILTER_KEY = "google.bigtable.table.filter";
   public static final String SCHEMA_MAPPING_FILEPATH = "google.bigtable.schema.mapping.filepath";
 
-  private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(HBaseSchemaTranslator.class);
+  private static final Logger LOG = LogManager.getLogger(HBaseSchemaTranslator.class);
 
   private final SchemaReader schemaReader;
   private final SchemaTransformer schemaTransformer;
@@ -537,9 +536,6 @@ private static void usage(final String errorMsg) {
   }
 
   public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException, DeserializationException {
-    // Configure the logger.
-    BasicConfigurator.configure();
-
     SchemaTranslationOptions options = SchemaTranslationOptions.loadOptionsFromSystemProperties();
     HBaseSchemaTranslator translator = new HBaseSchemaTranslator(options);
     translator.translate();
diff --git a/bigtable-hbase-1.x-parent/bigtable-hbase-1.x-tools/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/bigtable-hbase-1.x-parent/bigtable-hbase-1.x-tools/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index cdb5f1c103..0000000000
--- a/bigtable-hbase-1.x-parent/bigtable-hbase-1.x-tools/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-log4j.rootLogger=INFO, file
-
-# Uncomment the following line to get detailed logs on Schema Translator
-#log4j.logger.com.google.cloud.bigtable.hbase.tools.HBaseSchemaTranslator=trace
diff --git a/bigtable-hbase-1.x-parent/bigtable-hbase-1.x-tools/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/bigtable-hbase-1.x-parent/bigtable-hbase-1.x-tools/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4124800232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bigtable-hbase-1.x-parent/bigtable-hbase-1.x-tools/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" ?>
+<Configuration>
+    <Appenders>
+        <Console name="STDOUT" target="SYSTEM_OUT"/>
+    </Appenders>
+    <Loggers>
+        <Root level="INFO"/>
+<!--        Uncomment the following lines to get detailed logs on Schema Translator-->
+<!--        <Logger name="com.google.cloud.bigtable.hbase.tools.HBaseSchemaTranslator" level="TRACE">-->
+<!--            <AppenderRef ref="STDOUT"/>-->
+<!--        </Logger>-->
+    </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
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