diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 0ba7242a2c..f0459f32ed 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
 		<junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 		<lettuce.version>5.0.0.Beta1</lettuce.version>
 		<liquibase.version>3.5.3</liquibase.version>
-		<log4j2.version>2.7</log4j2.version>
+		<log4j2.version>2.8.2</log4j2.version>
 		<logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
 		<lombok.version>1.16.16</lombok.version>
 		<mariadb.version>1.5.9</mariadb.version>
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter.java
index 80856d51ed..19ec4c5aa8 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2017 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.boot.logging.log4j2;
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configuration;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.Plugin;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.pattern.ConverterKeys;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.pattern.ExtendedThrowablePatternConverter;
@@ -38,9 +39,11 @@ public final class ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter
 
 	private final ExtendedThrowablePatternConverter delegate;
 
-	private ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter(String[] options) {
-		super("WhitespaceExtendedThrowable", "throwable", options);
-		this.delegate = ExtendedThrowablePatternConverter.newInstance(options);
+	private ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter(Configuration configuration,
+			String[] options) {
+		super("WhitespaceExtendedThrowable", "throwable", options, configuration);
+		this.delegate = ExtendedThrowablePatternConverter.newInstance(configuration,
+				options);
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -54,13 +57,14 @@ public final class ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new instance of the class. Required by Log4J2.
+	 * @param configuration current configuration
 	 * @param options pattern options, may be null. If first element is "short", only the
 	 * first line of the throwable will be formatted.
 	 * @return a new {@code WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter}
 	 */
 	public static ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter newInstance(
-			String[] options) {
-		return new ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter(options);
+			Configuration configuration, String[] options) {
+		return new ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter(configuration, options);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter.java b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter.java
index 6fde11dce0..221c1727fa 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2017 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.boot.logging.log4j2;
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configuration;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.plugins.Plugin;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.pattern.ConverterKeys;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.pattern.PatternConverter;
@@ -33,8 +34,9 @@ import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.pattern.ThrowablePatternConverter;
 @ConverterKeys({ "wEx", "wThrowable", "wException" })
 public final class WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter extends ThrowablePatternConverter {
 
-	private WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter(String[] options) {
-		super("WhitespaceThrowable", "throwable", options);
+	private WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter(Configuration configuration,
+			String[] options) {
+		super("WhitespaceThrowable", "throwable", options, configuration);
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -48,12 +50,14 @@ public final class WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter extends ThrowablePatternC
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new instance of the class. Required by Log4J2.
+	 * @param configuration current configuration
 	 * @param options pattern options, may be null. If first element is "short", only the
 	 * first line of the throwable will be formatted.
 	 * @return a new {@code WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter}
 	 */
-	public static WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter newInstance(String[] options) {
-		return new WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter(options);
+	public static WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter newInstance(
+			Configuration configuration, String[] options) {
+		return new WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter(configuration, options);
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverterTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverterTests.java
index 18df7ee924..f576e4c5df 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverterTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverterTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2017 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.boot.logging.log4j2;
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.DefaultConfiguration;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.Log4jLogEvent;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.pattern.ThrowablePatternConverter;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ public class ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverterTests {
 	private static final String LINE_SEPARATOR = System.getProperty("line.separator");
 
 	private final ThrowablePatternConverter converter = ExtendedWhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter
-			.newInstance(new String[] {});
+			.newInstance(new DefaultConfiguration(), new String[] {});
 
 	@Test
 	public void noStackTrace() throws Exception {
diff --git a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverterTests.java b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverterTests.java
index 5c386fc355..48069e998e 100644
--- a/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverterTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/logging/log4j2/WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverterTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2016 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2017 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.boot.logging.log4j2;
 
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.LogEvent;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.DefaultConfiguration;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.impl.Log4jLogEvent;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.pattern.ThrowablePatternConverter;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ public class WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverterTests {
 	private static final String LINE_SEPARATOR = System.getProperty("line.separator");
 
 	private final ThrowablePatternConverter converter = WhitespaceThrowablePatternConverter
-			.newInstance(new String[] {});
+			.newInstance(new DefaultConfiguration(), new String[] {});
 
 	@Test
 	public void noStackTrace() throws Exception {