diff --git a/llap-server/pom.xml b/llap-server/pom.xml
index d90296d6023c..0905ca1f24b4 100644
--- a/llap-server/pom.xml
+++ b/llap-server/pom.xml
@@ -367,9 +367,8 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-core-test</artifactId>
       <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
-      <classifier>tests</classifier>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/llap-server/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/llap/daemon/impl/QueryTracker.java b/llap-server/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/llap/daemon/impl/QueryTracker.java
index 6cfa076b9db4..39eda657d5a8 100644
--- a/llap-server/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/llap/daemon/impl/QueryTracker.java
+++ b/llap-server/src/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/llap/daemon/impl/QueryTracker.java
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@
 import org.apache.tez.common.security.TokenCache;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.slf4j.Marker;
 import org.slf4j.MDC;
+import org.slf4j.Marker;
+import org.slf4j.impl.StaticMarkerBinder;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ public class QueryTracker extends AbstractService {
 
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(QueryTracker.class);
   private static final Marker QUERY_COMPLETE_MARKER =
-      new Log4jMarker(new Log4jQueryCompleteMarker());
+      new Log4jMarker(StaticMarkerBinder.getSingleton().getMarkerFactory(), new Log4jQueryCompleteMarker());
 
   /// Shared singleton MetricsSource instance for all DAG locks
   private static final MetricsSource LOCK_METRICS;
diff --git a/llap-server/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hive/llap/daemon/impl/TestLlapDaemonLogging.java b/llap-server/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hive/llap/daemon/impl/TestLlapDaemonLogging.java
index 9b03f0fb162e..0145da1a51cc 100644
--- a/llap-server/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hive/llap/daemon/impl/TestLlapDaemonLogging.java
+++ b/llap-server/src/test/org/apache/hadoop/hive/llap/daemon/impl/TestLlapDaemonLogging.java
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.token.Token;
 import org.apache.hive.testutils.junit.extensions.DoNothingTCPServer;
 import org.apache.hive.testutils.junit.extensions.DoNothingTCPServerExtension;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.junit.LoggerContextSource;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.test.junit.LoggerContextSource;
 import org.apache.tez.common.security.TokenCache;
 
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index da80147e90ce..ad701d4b1a81 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
     <!-- Leaving libfb303 at 0.9.3 regardless of libthrift: As per THRIFT-4613 The Apache Thrift project does not publish items related to fb303 at this point -->
     <libfb303.version>0.9.3</libfb303.version>
     <libthrift.version>0.16.0</libthrift.version>
-    <log4j2.version>2.18.0</log4j2.version>
+    <log4j2.version>2.23.1</log4j2.version>
     <mariadb.version>2.5.0</mariadb.version>
     <mssql.version>6.2.1.jre8</mssql.version>
     <mysql.version>8.0.31</mysql.version>
diff --git a/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/pom.xml b/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/pom.xml
index 8367ad533d5b..5350b012510c 100644
--- a/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/pom.xml
+++ b/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/pom.xml
@@ -412,9 +412,13 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-core-test</artifactId>
       <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
-      <classifier>tests</classifier>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-vintage-engine</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/utils/TestMetaStoreServerUtils.java b/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/utils/TestMetaStoreServerUtils.java
index b78e571b9383..071d7111c1b0 100644
--- a/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/utils/TestMetaStoreServerUtils.java
+++ b/standalone-metastore/metastore-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hive/metastore/utils/TestMetaStoreServerUtils.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LoggerContext;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.LoggerConfig;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.test.appender.ListAppender;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.test.appender.ListAppender;
 import org.apache.thrift.TException;
 import org.hamcrest.core.IsNot;
 import org.junit.After;
diff --git a/standalone-metastore/pom.xml b/standalone-metastore/pom.xml
index 04deae9c1661..7ae1bb5aa55b 100644
--- a/standalone-metastore/pom.xml
+++ b/standalone-metastore/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     <junit.vintage.version>5.6.3</junit.vintage.version>
     <libfb303.version>0.9.3</libfb303.version>
     <libthrift.version>0.16.0</libthrift.version>
-    <log4j2.version>2.18.0</log4j2.version>
+    <log4j2.version>2.23.1</log4j2.version>
     <mockito-core.version>3.4.4</mockito-core.version>
     <orc.version>1.8.5</orc.version>
     <protobuf.version>3.24.4</protobuf.version>