diff --git a/flink/flink-scala-2.12/pom.xml b/flink/flink-scala-2.12/pom.xml
index 54abed7ac74..81e8b1dec2e 100644
--- a/flink/flink-scala-2.12/pom.xml
+++ b/flink/flink-scala-2.12/pom.xml
@@ -295,6 +295,12 @@
       <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
       <version>${flink.hadoop.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f5ad751a46c..4e4219138cf 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@
     <plugin.frontend.version>1.12.1</plugin.frontend.version>
 
     <!-- common library versions -->
-    <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
-    <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
+    <slf4j.version>1.7.35</slf4j.version>
+    <reload4j.version>1.2.25</reload4j.version>
     <libthrift.version>0.13.0</libthrift.version>
     <flexmark.all.version>0.62.2</flexmark.all.version>
     <gson.version>2.8.9</gson.version>
@@ -229,8 +229,20 @@
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
         <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
+        <version>${reload4j.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <!--  Use jcl-over-slf4j instead of commons-logging -->
@@ -240,12 +252,6 @@
         <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-        <version>${log4j.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.thrift</groupId>
         <artifactId>libthrift</artifactId>
@@ -649,6 +655,10 @@
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
 
@@ -1117,6 +1127,14 @@
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>org.ow2.asm</groupId>
             <artifactId>asm</artifactId>
@@ -1332,6 +1350,10 @@
             <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
           <exclusion>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
diff --git a/rlang/pom.xml b/rlang/pom.xml
index a291c63b51d..6e4a0d0ad2e 100644
--- a/rlang/pom.xml
+++ b/rlang/pom.xml
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
             <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
@@ -126,6 +131,12 @@
             <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
             <version>${hadoop.version}</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -206,6 +217,7 @@
                     <artifactSet>
                         <excludes>
                             <exclude>org.apache.zeppelin:zeppelin-interpreter-shaded</exclude>
+                            <exclude>log4j:log4j</exclude>
                         </excludes>
                     </artifactSet>
                     <outputFile>${project.build.directory}/../../interpreter/r/${interpreter.jar.name}-${project.version}.jar</outputFile>
diff --git a/shell/pom.xml b/shell/pom.xml
index 450608a935d..182ef23943e 100644
--- a/shell/pom.xml
+++ b/shell/pom.xml
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@
           <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
           <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/submarine/pom.xml b/submarine/pom.xml
index 55e6638af38..90e3c2db4b8 100644
--- a/submarine/pom.xml
+++ b/submarine/pom.xml
@@ -106,6 +106,14 @@
           <groupId>org.codehaus.jackson</groupId>
           <artifactId>jackson-core-asl</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/zeppelin-distribution/src/bin_license/LICENSE b/zeppelin-distribution/src/bin_license/LICENSE
index 22dc853f06f..3fed5e7b541 100644
--- a/zeppelin-distribution/src/bin_license/LICENSE
+++ b/zeppelin-distribution/src/bin_license/LICENSE
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ The following components are provided under Apache License.
     (Apache 2.0) Dropwizard Jackson Integration for Metrics (io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-json:4.1.14) - https://github.com/dropwizard/metrics/blob/release/4.1.x/LICENSE
     (Apache 2.0) Dropwizard Metrics Health Checks (io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-healthchecks:4.1.14) - https://github.com/dropwizard/metrics/blob/release/4.1.x/LICENSE
     (Apache 2.0) Dropwizard Metrics Integration with JMX (io.dropwizard.metrics:metrics-jmx:4.1.14) - https://github.com/dropwizard/metrics/blob/release/4.1.x/LICENSE
+    (Apache 2.0) reload4j v1.2.25 (ch.qos.reload4j:reload4j:jar:1.2.25 - https://reload4j.qos.ch/) - https://github.com/qos-ch/reload4j/blob/master/LICENSE
 
 ========================================================================
 MIT licenses
@@ -257,9 +258,9 @@ The text of each license is also included at licenses/LICENSE-[project]-[version
     (The MIT License) moment-duration-format v1.3.0 (https://github.com/jsmreese/moment-duration-format) - https://github.com/jsmreese/moment-duration-format/blob/1.3.0/LICENSE
     (The MIT License) angular-ui-grid v4.0.4 (https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-grid) - https://github.com/angular-ui/ui-grid/blob/v4.0.4/LICENSE.md
     (The MIT License) Pikaday v1.3.2 (https://github.com/dbushell/Pikaday) - https://github.com/dbushell/Pikaday/blob/1.3.2/LICENSE
-    (The MIT License) slf4j v1.7.10 (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.10 - http://www.slf4j.org) - http://www.slf4j.org/license.html
+    (The MIT License) slf4j v1.7.35 (org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:1.7.35 - http://www.slf4j.org) - http://www.slf4j.org/license.html
     (The MIT License) slf4j v1.7.21 (org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.21 - http://www.slf4j.org) - http://www.slf4j.org/license.html
-    (The MIT License) slf4j-log4j12 v1.7.10 (org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:jar:1.7.10 - http://www.slf4j.org) - http://www.slf4j.org/license.html
+    (The MIT License) slf4j-reload4j v1.7.35 (org.slf4j:slf4j-reload4j:jar:1.7.35 - http://www.slf4j.org) - http://www.slf4j.org/license.html
     (The MIT License) bcprov-jdk15on v1.70 (org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on:jar:1.70 - http://www.bouncycastle.org/java.html) - http://www.bouncycastle.org/licence.html
     (The MIT License) AnchorJS (https://github.com/bryanbraun/anchorjs) - https://github.com/bryanbraun/anchorjs/blob/master/README.md#license
     (The MIT License) moment-duration-format v1.3.0 (https://github.com/jsmreese/moment-duration-format) - https://github.com/jsmreese/moment-duration-format/blob/master/LICENSE
diff --git a/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-clock/pom.xml b/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-clock/pom.xml
index b5cce04897b..b30656b34d7 100644
--- a/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-clock/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-clock/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,12 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-horizontalbar/pom.xml b/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-horizontalbar/pom.xml
index ed11e3baa3d..c03746a0f27 100644
--- a/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-horizontalbar/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-horizontalbar/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,12 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-spell-echo/pom.xml b/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-spell-echo/pom.xml
index 3d7f9c23cd9..90bca363e1b 100644
--- a/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-spell-echo/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-spell-echo/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,12 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
diff --git a/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-spell-flowchart/pom.xml b/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-spell-flowchart/pom.xml
index 7174b8af060..1a2ba4cedf4 100644
--- a/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-spell-flowchart/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-spell-flowchart/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,12 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
diff --git a/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-spell-markdown/pom.xml b/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-spell-markdown/pom.xml
index 85e0ba3d9f9..dcb9147fcf9 100644
--- a/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-spell-markdown/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-spell-markdown/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,12 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
diff --git a/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-spell-translator/pom.xml b/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-spell-translator/pom.xml
index 4508f78c055..2dcb5a303ba 100644
--- a/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-spell-translator/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-examples/zeppelin-example-spell-translator/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,12 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
diff --git a/zeppelin-interpreter-parent/pom.xml b/zeppelin-interpreter-parent/pom.xml
index 0328f40e04b..22c2dce8bfa 100644
--- a/zeppelin-interpreter-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-interpreter-parent/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/zeppelin-interpreter-shaded/pom.xml b/zeppelin-interpreter-shaded/pom.xml
index 3f79e3ebb5b..af270ede44c 100644
--- a/zeppelin-interpreter-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-interpreter-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -54,11 +54,10 @@
           <artifactSet>
             <excludes>
               <!-- Leave slf4j unshaded so downstream users can configure logging. -->
-              <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-api</exclude>
-              <exclude>org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12</exclude>
-              <exclude>org.slf4j:jcl-over-slf4j</exclude>
+              <exclude>org.slf4j:*</exclude>
               <!-- Leave log4j unshaded so downstream users can configure logging. -->
               <exclude>log4j:log4j</exclude>
+              <exclude>ch.qos.reload4j:reload4j</exclude>
             </excludes>
           </artifactSet>
           <filters>
diff --git a/zeppelin-interpreter/pom.xml b/zeppelin-interpreter/pom.xml
index f9104498c42..160dcbb727c 100644
--- a/zeppelin-interpreter/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-interpreter/pom.xml
@@ -138,7 +138,12 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -264,11 +269,27 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+          <exclusions>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+              <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+              <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+          </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-yarn-client</artifactId>
+          <exclusions>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+              <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+          </exclusions>
         </dependency>
       </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/zeppelin-jupyter-interpreter-shaded/pom.xml b/zeppelin-jupyter-interpreter-shaded/pom.xml
index a5e6d5fc80a..bef71493493 100644
--- a/zeppelin-jupyter-interpreter-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-jupyter-interpreter-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,11 @@
       <version>${google.errorprone.version}</version>
     </dependency>
 
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
@@ -100,6 +105,7 @@
           <artifactSet>
             <excludes>
               <exclude>org.apache.zeppelin:zeppelin-interpreter-shaded</exclude>
+              <exclude>log4j:log4j</exclude>
             </excludes>
           </artifactSet>
           <relocations>
diff --git a/zeppelin-server/pom.xml b/zeppelin-server/pom.xml
index 337989dc6e0..ec34f726131 100644
--- a/zeppelin-server/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-server/pom.xml
@@ -88,6 +88,10 @@
           <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
         <exclusion>
           <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
@@ -102,7 +106,11 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/zeppelin-zengine/pom.xml b/zeppelin-zengine/pom.xml
index 9cd879c815b..58eb2114ce2 100644
--- a/zeppelin-zengine/pom.xml
+++ b/zeppelin-zengine/pom.xml
@@ -321,6 +321,12 @@
         <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
           <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
+          <exclusions>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+              <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+          </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>