diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fb11504..df53486 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## [v2.5.4-SNAPSHOT] 2019-03-20
   * remove latest from bom
+  * replace slf4j-log4j dep with slf4j api
 
 
 ## [v2.5.3] 2019-03-20
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c113203..68fe5ec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,12 +62,16 @@
 			<version>4.11</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+	    </dependency>
 		<dependency>
-	  		<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-	  		<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-	  		<version>1.6.4</version>
-	  		<scope>provided</scope>
-  	</dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+			<version>1.7.30</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+	</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>