diff --git a/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a6328f9..00000000
--- a/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-log4j.rootCategory=ERROR, stdout
-
-log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d %p [%c] - <%m>%n
-
-#log4j.category.org.springframework.data.gemfire.listener=TRACE
-#log4j.category.org.springframework.data.gemfire=DEBUG
-#log4j.category.org.springframework=DEBUG
-
-# for debugging datasource initialization
-# log4j.category.test.jdbc=DEBUG
diff --git a/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml b/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a1dd86e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/log4j2-test.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<Configuration status="WARN">
+	<Appenders>
+		<Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+			<PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{1.} - %msg%n"/>
+		</Console>
+		<File name="File" fileName="build/logs/spring-test.log">
+			<PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{1.} - %msg%n"/>
+		</File>
+	</Appenders>
+	<Loggers>
+		<Logger name="org.apache.geode" level="error"/>
+		<Logger name="org.springframework" level="error"/>
+		<Logger name="org.springframework.data.gemfire.support.SpringContextBootstrappingInitializer" level="off"/>
+		<Root level="error">
+			<AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
+			<!--AppenderRef ref="File" /-->
+		</Root>
+	</Loggers>
+</Configuration>