diff --git a/converter-sbml/pom.xml b/converter-sbml/pom.xml
index feff17ab42f00d0b84dc154b32a12e423723d215..c91444737d6e027beb77e9eb42235f85909e3375 100644
--- a/converter-sbml/pom.xml
+++ b/converter-sbml/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
 			<version>1.0</version>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<!-- Log4J2-->
+		<!-- Log4J2 -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@
 			<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
 			<version>${log4j2.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+			<version>${log4j2.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+
 
 		<!-- mockito used for testing -->
 		<dependency>
@@ -82,12 +88,19 @@
 			<groupId>org.sbml.jsbml</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jsbml</artifactId>
 			<version>${jsbml.version}</version>
-			<!-- for now we use lower version of log4j and this one introduce some 
-				problem with tomcat logging -->
+			<!-- we use higher version of log4j -->
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-					<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+					<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
 				</exclusion>
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -109,9 +122,20 @@
 			<groupId>org.sbml.jsbml</groupId>
 			<artifactId>jsbml-core</artifactId>
 			<version>${jsbml.version}</version>
-			<!-- for now we use lower version of log4j and this one introduce some 
-				problem with tomcat logging -->
+			<!-- we use higher version of log4j -->
 			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
 				<exclusion>
 					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 					<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
@@ -139,7 +163,7 @@
 			<artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
 			<version>${apache.commons-text.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
-		
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
 			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>