diff --git a/examples/mlcp-project/build.gradle b/examples/mlcp-project/build.gradle
index c3b46ab64..bde35d83c 100644
--- a/examples/mlcp-project/build.gradle
+++ b/examples/mlcp-project/build.gradle
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ buildscript {
 		mavenCentral()
 	}
 	dependencies {
-		classpath "com.marklogic:ml-gradle:4.3.6"
+		classpath "com.marklogic:ml-gradle:4.3.7-SNAPSHOT"
 	}
 }
 
@@ -29,14 +29,12 @@ configurations {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-	mlcp('com.marklogic:mlcp:10.0.9') {
-    exclude group: 'log4j', module: 'log4j'
-	}
+	mlcp 'com.marklogic:mlcp:10.0.9.5'
 
 	/**
-	 * mlcp uses Log4j for logging, and if Log4j can't find a configuration file, it will complain and you'll
-	 * get none of mlcp's usually-useful logging. It is recommended then that your Gradle configuration for
-	 * mlcp include a directory or some other resource that provides a log4j.properties file.
+	 * mlcp uses logback for logging, and without a logback configuration file, no MLCP logging will appear.
+	 * It is recommended then that your Gradle configuration for mlcp include a directory or some other resource that
+	 * provides a logback configuration file.
 	 */
 	mlcp files("lib")
 }
diff --git a/examples/mlcp-project/lib/log4j.properties b/examples/mlcp-project/lib/log4j.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 1da823016..000000000
--- a/examples/mlcp-project/lib/log4j.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Root logger option
-log4j.rootLogger=INFO, stdout
-
-# Direct log messages to stdout
-log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n
diff --git a/examples/mlcp-project/lib/logback.xml b/examples/mlcp-project/lib/logback.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..083e6934c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/mlcp-project/lib/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<configuration>
+
+    <statusListener class="ch.qos.logback.core.status.NopStatusListener" />
+
+    <appender name="STDOUT" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+        <encoder>
+            <pattern>%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%thread] %-5level %logger{36} - %msg%n</pattern>
+        </encoder>
+    </appender>
+
+    <root level="INFO">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+    </root>
+
+    <logger name="com.marklogic" level="INFO" additivity="false">
+        <appender-ref ref="STDOUT" />
+    </logger>
+
+</configuration>
+
+  
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