diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 8f053e2563..b11d32ad23 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
 		<hikaricp.version>2.4.7</hikaricp.version>
 		<hikaricp-java6.version>2.3.13</hikaricp-java6.version>
 		<hornetq.version>2.4.7.Final</hornetq.version>
-		<hsqldb.version>2.3.4</hsqldb.version>
+		<hsqldb.version>2.3.3</hsqldb.version>
 		<htmlunit.version>2.21</htmlunit.version>
 		<httpasyncclient.version>4.1.2</httpasyncclient.version>
 		<httpclient.version>4.5.2</httpclient.version>
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/tomcat/TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/tomcat/TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java
index a7698213c3..5aad85009b 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/tomcat/TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/context/embedded/tomcat/TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory.java
@@ -693,7 +693,8 @@ public class TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory
 
 	/**
 	 * {@link LifecycleListener} that stores an empty merged web.xml. This is critical for
-	 * Jasper to prevent warnings about missing web.xml files and to enable EL.
+	 * Jasper on Tomcat 7 to prevent warnings about missing web.xml files and to enable
+	 * EL.
 	 */
 	private static class StoreMergedWebXmlListener implements LifecycleListener {
 
@@ -708,10 +709,8 @@ public class TomcatEmbeddedServletContainerFactory
 
 		private void onStart(Context context) {
 			ServletContext servletContext = context.getServletContext();
-			if (servletContext
-					.getAttribute(StoreMergedWebXmlListener.MERGED_WEB_XML) == null) {
-				servletContext.setAttribute(StoreMergedWebXmlListener.MERGED_WEB_XML,
-						getEmptyWebXml());
+			if (servletContext.getAttribute(MERGED_WEB_XML) == null) {
+				servletContext.setAttribute(MERGED_WEB_XML, getEmptyWebXml());
 			}
 			TomcatResources.get(context).addClasspathResources();
 		}
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystem.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystem.java
index 3a050486ac..cf2aac58f4 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystem.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/Log4J2LoggingSystem.java
@@ -130,13 +130,13 @@ public class Log4J2LoggingSystem extends Slf4JLoggingSystem {
 	@Override
 	public void beforeInitialize() {
 		super.beforeInitialize();
-		getRootLoggerConfig().addFilter(FILTER);
+		getLoggerContext().getConfiguration().addFilter(FILTER);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void initialize(LoggingInitializationContext initializationContext,
 			String configLocation, LogFile logFile) {
-		getRootLoggerConfig().removeFilter(FILTER);
+		getLoggerContext().getConfiguration().removeFilter(FILTER);
 		super.initialize(initializationContext, configLocation, logFile);
 	}
 
@@ -204,10 +204,6 @@ public class Log4J2LoggingSystem extends Slf4JLoggingSystem {
 		return new ShutdownHandler();
 	}
 
-	private LoggerConfig getRootLoggerConfig() {
-		return getLoggerContext().getConfiguration().getLoggerConfig("");
-	}
-
 	private LoggerConfig getLoggerConfig(String name) {
 		name = (StringUtils.hasText(name) ? name : LogManager.ROOT_LOGGER_NAME);
 		return getLoggerContext().getConfiguration().getLoggers().get(name);
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 13fdb557b4..d81b926e84 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
@@ -194,6 +194,13 @@ public class Log4J2LoggingSystemTests extends AbstractLoggingSystemTests {
 		assertThat(fileContents).is(Matched.by(expectedOutput));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void beforeInitializeFilterDisablesErrorLogging() throws Exception {
+		this.loggingSystem.beforeInitialize();
+		assertThat(this.logger.isErrorEnabled()).isFalse();
+		this.loggingSystem.initialize(null, null, getLogFile(null, tmpDir()));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void customExceptionConversionWord() throws Exception {
 		System.setProperty("LOG_EXCEPTION_CONVERSION_WORD", "%ex");