diff --git a/rolling-log/pom.xml b/rolling-log/pom.xml
index 3a42c36..32b5450 100644
--- a/rolling-log/pom.xml
+++ b/rolling-log/pom.xml
@@ -29,19 +29,19 @@
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
-      <dependency>
-    <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-    <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.17</version>
-      </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>2.17.1</version>
+        </dependency>
 
-      <dependency>
-    <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-    <artifactId>apache-log4j-extras</artifactId>
-    <version>1.2.17</version>
-      </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+            <version>2.17.1</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
-    
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
diff --git a/rolling-log/src/main/java/de/swingbe/rollinglog/Main.java b/rolling-log/src/main/java/de/swingbe/rollinglog/Main.java
index dbd1a34..4a751e1 100644
--- a/rolling-log/src/main/java/de/swingbe/rollinglog/Main.java
+++ b/rolling-log/src/main/java/de/swingbe/rollinglog/Main.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package de.swingbe.rollinglog;
 
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 public class Main {
 
diff --git a/rolling-log/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/rolling-log/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 9995e17..0000000
--- a/rolling-log/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<appender name="roll-by-size" class="org.apache.log4j.RollingFileAppender">
-
-    <!--define log file name-->
-    <param name="file" value="target/log4j/roll-by-size/log.txt" />
-
-    <!--roll log file when size reaches threshold-->
-    <param name="MaxFileSize" value="5KB" />
-
-    <!--keep number of log files within threshold-->
-    <param name="MaxBackupIndex" value="20" />
-
-    <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-    	    <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %m%n" />
-    </layout>
-</appender>
diff --git a/rolling-log/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/rolling-log/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d60cb2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rolling-log/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<RollingFile
+    name="rollingFile"
+    fileName="${LOG_DIR}/log.txt"
+    filePattern="${LOG_DIR}/log.%i.txt.gz"
+    ignoreExceptions="false">
+    <PatternLayout>
+        <Pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %m%n</Pattern>
+    </PatternLayout>
+    <Policies>
+        <SizeBasedTriggeringPolicy size="5KB" />
+    </Policies>
+    <DefaultRolloverStrategy max="5" />
+</RollingFile>