diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index f8816af24..ef1dd8bfd 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ jsonSimpleVersion = 1.1.1
 logbackVersion = 1.2.3
 slf4jVersion = 1.7.30
 httpClientVersion = 4.5.14
+log4jVersion = 2.20.0
 
 # Style Packages
 findbugsAnnotationVersion = 3.0.1
diff --git a/java-quickstart/build.gradle b/java-quickstart/build.gradle
index 3e6a978f8..a58fb090e 100644
--- a/java-quickstart/build.gradle
+++ b/java-quickstart/build.gradle
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 apply plugin: 'java'
 
 dependencies {
-    compile project(':core-api')
-    compile project(':core-httpclient-impl')
+    implementation project(':core-api')
+    implementation project(':core-httpclient-impl')
 
-    compile group: 'com.google.code.gson', name: 'gson', version: gsonVersion
-    compile group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', name: 'httpclient', version: httpClientVersion
-    compile group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-simple', version: slf4jVersion
+    implementation group: 'com.google.code.gson', name: 'gson', version: gsonVersion
+    implementation group: 'org.apache.httpcomponents', name: 'httpclient', version: httpClientVersion
+    implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-api', version: log4jVersion
+    implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-core', version: log4jVersion
+    implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-slf4j-impl', version: log4jVersion
 
-    testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.12'
+    testImplementation group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: junitVersion
 }
 
 task runExample(type: JavaExec) {
diff --git a/java-quickstart/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties b/java-quickstart/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d67078d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java-quickstart/src/main/resources/log4j2.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# Set the root logger level to INFO and its appender to the console
+
+appender.console.type = Console
+appender.console.name = STDOUT
+appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
+appender.console.layout.pattern = %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n
+
+# Specify the loggers
+rootLogger.level = debug
+rootLogger.appenderRef.stdout.ref = STDOUT