diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 88ecf2913e..8b63c3306e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
 		<jtds.version>1.3.1</jtds.version>
 		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 		<liquibase.version>3.4.2</liquibase.version>
-		<log4j2.version>2.4.1</log4j2.version>
+		<log4j2.version>2.5</log4j2.version>
 		<logback.version>1.1.5</logback.version>
 		<lombok.version>1.16.6</lombok.version>
 		<mariadb.version>1.3.4</mariadb.version>
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystemTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystemTests.java
index 5c06cc9b8e..0ae70b2c81 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystemTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystemTests.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configuration;
-import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.FileConfigurationMonitor;
 import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
 import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -104,10 +103,7 @@ public class Log4J2LoggingSystemTests extends AbstractLoggingSystemTests {
 		assertThat(new File(tmpDir() + "/tmp.log").exists()).isFalse();
 		assertThat(configuration.getConfigurationSource().getFile().getAbsolutePath())
 				.contains("log4j2-nondefault.xml");
-		// we assume that "log4j2-nondefault.xml" contains the 'monitorInterval'
-		// attribute, so we check that a monitor is created
-		assertThat(configuration.getConfigurationMonitor())
-				.isInstanceOf(FileConfigurationMonitor.class);
+		assertThat(configuration.getWatchManager().getIntervalSeconds()).isEqualTo(30);
 	}
 
 	@Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)