diff --git a/debugger-app/pom.xml b/debugger-app/pom.xml
index 79471778b1c..6b311b4adb7 100644
--- a/debugger-app/pom.xml
+++ b/debugger-app/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/debugger/pom.xml b/debugger/pom.xml
index 4e2dd364293..2814c1b526c 100644
--- a/debugger/pom.xml
+++ b/debugger/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
       <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 6feaf0831f6..6ae44a0b7ff 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -100,13 +100,11 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-        <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-        <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
         <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/io/pom.xml b/io/pom.xml
index 8a70596e50b..cbac3b03ecb 100644
--- a/io/pom.xml
+++ b/io/pom.xml
@@ -41,12 +41,10 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pdfbox/pom.xml b/pdfbox/pom.xml
index 71d9a23a84e..75c5ec2c72f 100644
--- a/pdfbox/pom.xml
+++ b/pdfbox/pom.xml
@@ -100,12 +100,10 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/tools/pom.xml b/tools/pom.xml
index c97f9dea55e..4686d1eadea 100644
--- a/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/pom.xml
@@ -46,20 +46,17 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-          <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-          <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
-          <scope>test</scope>
-      </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
       <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>