diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-sample/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-sample/pom.xml
index 7100e1001..daf695f37 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-sample/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-sample/pom.xml
@@ -34,17 +34,6 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-function-adapter-aws</artifactId>
 			<version>${project.version}</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-					<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-logging</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-log4j</artifactId>
-			<version>1.3.8.RELEASE</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
@@ -53,13 +42,14 @@
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
-			<artifactId>aws-lambda-java-log4j</artifactId>
-			<version>1.0.0</version>
+			<artifactId>aws-lambda-java-events</artifactId>
+			<version>${aws-lambda-events.version}</version>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
-			<artifactId>aws-lambda-java-events</artifactId>
-			<version>${aws-lambda-events.version}</version>
+			<artifactId>aws-lambda-java-core</artifactId>
+			<version>1.1.0</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-sample/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-sample/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
index adee21bb8..8a65ced37 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-sample/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/spring-cloud-function-adapters/spring-cloud-function-adapter-sample/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-log4j.rootCategory=INFO, LAMBDA
+log4j.rootCategory=DEBUG, LAMBDA
 
 PID=????
 LOG_LEVEL_PATTERN=%5p