diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fa7ad3f..36d0605 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
         <json-path.version>2.8.0</json-path.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
         <jython.version>2.7.3</jython.version>
-        <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
+        <log4j2.version>2.23.1</log4j2.version>
         <mockito-all.version>2.0.2-beta</mockito-all.version>
         <moco.version>1.3.0</moco.version>
         <phantomjsdriver.version>1.2.0</phantomjsdriver.version>
-        <saxon-he.version>11.4</saxon-he.version>
+        <saxon-he.version>12.4</saxon-he.version>
         <selenium-java.version>4.14.1</selenium-java.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.4</slf4j.version>
         <spring-version>4.0.0.RELEASE</spring-version>
@@ -77,6 +77,19 @@
         <module>webmagic-coverage</module>
     </modules>
 
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
             <dependency>
@@ -101,6 +114,16 @@
                 <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
                 <version>${httpcore.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+                <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+                <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+                <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
+                <version>${log4j2.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
                 <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
@@ -116,11 +139,6 @@
                 <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
                 <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-                <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-                <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>us.codecraft</groupId>
                 <artifactId>xsoup</artifactId>
@@ -143,11 +161,6 @@
                     </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-                <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-                <version>${log4j.version}</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
                 <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
@@ -274,11 +287,6 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <excludes>
-                        <exclude>log4j.xml</exclude>
-                    </excludes>
-                </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/webmagic-core/pom.xml b/webmagic-core/pom.xml
index 98e513c..37f1d00 100644
--- a/webmagic-core/pom.xml
+++ b/webmagic-core/pom.xml
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@
             <artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-            <optional>true</optional>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
diff --git a/webmagic-core/src/main/resources/log4j.xml b/webmagic-core/src/main/resources/log4j.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c2b5a2f..0000000
--- a/webmagic-core/src/main/resources/log4j.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
-<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
-
-    <appender name="stdout" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
-        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{yy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p %c(%F:%L) ## %m%n" />
-        </layout>
-    </appender>
-
-    <logger name="org.apache" additivity="false">
-        <level value="warn" />
-        <appender-ref ref="stdout" />
-    </logger>
-
-    <root>
-        <level value="info" />
-        <appender-ref ref="stdout" />
-    </root>
-
-</log4j:configuration>
diff --git a/webmagic-core/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/webmagic-core/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c2b5a2f..0000000
--- a/webmagic-core/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
-<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
-
-    <appender name="stdout" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
-        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{yy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p %c(%F:%L) ## %m%n" />
-        </layout>
-    </appender>
-
-    <logger name="org.apache" additivity="false">
-        <level value="warn" />
-        <appender-ref ref="stdout" />
-    </logger>
-
-    <root>
-        <level value="info" />
-        <appender-ref ref="stdout" />
-    </root>
-
-</log4j:configuration>
diff --git a/webmagic-core/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml b/webmagic-core/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86aee5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webmagic-core/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration>
+    <Appenders>
+        <Console name="stdout" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+            <PatternLayout pattern="%d{yy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p %c(%F:%L) ## %m%n" />
+        </Console>
+    </Appenders>
+    <Loggers>
+        <Logger name="org.apache" level="warn" additivity="false">
+            <AppenderRef ref="stdout" />
+        </Logger>
+        <Root level="info">
+            <AppenderRef ref="stdout" />
+        </Root>
+    </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
diff --git a/webmagic-extension/src/main/resources/log4j.xml b/webmagic-extension/src/main/resources/log4j.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c2b5a2f..0000000
--- a/webmagic-extension/src/main/resources/log4j.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
-<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
-
-    <appender name="stdout" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
-        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{yy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p %c(%F:%L) ## %m%n" />
-        </layout>
-    </appender>
-
-    <logger name="org.apache" additivity="false">
-        <level value="warn" />
-        <appender-ref ref="stdout" />
-    </logger>
-
-    <root>
-        <level value="info" />
-        <appender-ref ref="stdout" />
-    </root>
-
-</log4j:configuration>
diff --git a/webmagic-extension/src/test/resources/log4j.xml b/webmagic-extension/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index c2b5a2f..0000000
--- a/webmagic-extension/src/test/resources/log4j.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
-<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
-
-    <appender name="stdout" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
-        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{yy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p %c(%F:%L) ## %m%n" />
-        </layout>
-    </appender>
-
-    <logger name="org.apache" additivity="false">
-        <level value="warn" />
-        <appender-ref ref="stdout" />
-    </logger>
-
-    <root>
-        <level value="info" />
-        <appender-ref ref="stdout" />
-    </root>
-
-</log4j:configuration>
diff --git a/webmagic-extension/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml b/webmagic-extension/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86aee5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webmagic-extension/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration>
+    <Appenders>
+        <Console name="stdout" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+            <PatternLayout pattern="%d{yy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p %c(%F:%L) ## %m%n" />
+        </Console>
+    </Appenders>
+    <Loggers>
+        <Logger name="org.apache" level="warn" additivity="false">
+            <AppenderRef ref="stdout" />
+        </Logger>
+        <Root level="info">
+            <AppenderRef ref="stdout" />
+        </Root>
+    </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
diff --git a/webmagic-samples/src/main/resources/log4j.xml b/webmagic-samples/src/main/resources/log4j.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a6630f8..0000000
--- a/webmagic-samples/src/main/resources/log4j.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
-<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
-
-    <appender name="stdout" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
-        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{yy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p %c(%F:%L) ## %m%n" />
-        </layout>
-    </appender>
-
-    <logger name="org.springframework" additivity="false">
-        <level value="warn" />
-        <appender-ref ref="stdout" />
-    </logger>
-
-    <logger name="net.sf.ehcache" additivity="false">
-        <level value="warn" />
-        <appender-ref ref="stdout" />
-    </logger>
-
-    <root>
-        <level value="info" />
-        <appender-ref ref="stdout" />
-    </root>
-
-</log4j:configuration>
diff --git a/webmagic-samples/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/webmagic-samples/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3bad53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webmagic-samples/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration>
+    <Appenders>
+        <Console name="stdout" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+            <PatternLayout pattern="%d{yy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p %c(%F:%L) ## %m%n" />
+        </Console>
+    </Appenders>
+    <Loggers>
+        <Logger name="org.springframework" level="warn" additivity="false">
+            <AppenderRef ref="stdout" />
+        </Logger>
+        <Logger name="net.sf.ehcache" level="warn" additivity="false">
+            <AppenderRef ref="stdout" />
+        </Logger>
+        <Root level="info">
+            <AppenderRef ref="stdout" />
+        </Root>
+    </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
diff --git a/webmagic-scripts/pom.xml b/webmagic-scripts/pom.xml
index 02d4400..243eb82 100644
--- a/webmagic-scripts/pom.xml
+++ b/webmagic-scripts/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.jruby</groupId>
             <artifactId>jruby</artifactId>
@@ -40,10 +48,6 @@
             <artifactId>webmagic-core</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>webmagic-extension</artifactId>
diff --git a/webmagic-scripts/src/main/java/us/codecraft/webmagic/scripts/ScriptConsole.java b/webmagic-scripts/src/main/java/us/codecraft/webmagic/scripts/ScriptConsole.java
index 0423e58..2ccfe7f 100755
--- a/webmagic-scripts/src/main/java/us/codecraft/webmagic/scripts/ScriptConsole.java
+++ b/webmagic-scripts/src/main/java/us/codecraft/webmagic/scripts/ScriptConsole.java
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 package us.codecraft.webmagic.scripts;
 
 import org.apache.commons.cli.*;
-import org.apache.log4j.Level;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import us.codecraft.webmagic.ResultItems;
 import us.codecraft.webmagic.Spider;
 import us.codecraft.webmagic.Task;
@@ -166,7 +168,7 @@ public class ScriptConsole {
     }
 
     private static void configLogger(String value) {
-        Logger rootLogger = Logger.getRootLogger();
+        Logger rootLogger = (Logger) LoggerFactory.getLogger(org.slf4j.Logger.ROOT_LOGGER_NAME);
         if ("debug".equalsIgnoreCase(value)) {
             rootLogger.setLevel(Level.DEBUG);
         } else if ("info".equalsIgnoreCase(value)) {
diff --git a/webmagic-scripts/src/main/resources/log4j.xml b/webmagic-scripts/src/main/resources/log4j.xml
deleted file mode 100755
index 474269c..0000000
--- a/webmagic-scripts/src/main/resources/log4j.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
-<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
-
-    <appender name="stdout" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
-        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{yy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p %c(%F:%L) ## %m%n" />
-        </layout>
-    </appender>
-
-    <logger name="org.apache" additivity="false">
-        <level value="error" />
-        <appender-ref ref="stdout" />
-    </logger>
-
-    <root>
-        <level value="info" />
-        <appender-ref ref="stdout" />
-    </root>
-
-</log4j:configuration>
diff --git a/webmagic-scripts/src/test/resouces/log4j.xml b/webmagic-scripts/src/test/resouces/log4j.xml
deleted file mode 100755
index 1f64d8d..0000000
--- a/webmagic-scripts/src/test/resouces/log4j.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<!DOCTYPE log4j:configuration SYSTEM "log4j.dtd">
-<log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/">
-
-    <appender name="stdout" class="org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender">
-        <layout class="org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout">
-            <param name="ConversionPattern" value="%d{yy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p %c(%F:%L) ## %m%n" />
-        </layout>
-    </appender>
-
-    <logger name="org.apache" additivity="false">
-        <level value="warn" />
-        <appender-ref ref="stdout" />
-    </logger>
-
-    <root>
-        <level value="debug" />
-        <appender-ref ref="stdout" />
-    </root>
-
-</log4j:configuration>
diff --git a/webmagic-scripts/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml b/webmagic-scripts/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2fab66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webmagic-scripts/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration>
+    <Appenders>
+        <Console name="stdout" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+            <PatternLayout pattern="%d{yy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss,SSS} %-5p %c(%F:%L) ## %m%n" />
+        </Console>
+    </Appenders>
+    <Loggers>
+        <Logger name="org.apache" level="warn" additivity="false">
+            <AppenderRef ref="stdout" />
+        </Logger>
+        <Root level="debug">
+            <AppenderRef ref="stdout" />
+        </Root>
+    </Loggers>
+</Configuration>