diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0c8bf778..ade15061 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.1</version>
+            <version>2.23.0</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.1</version>
+            <version>2.23.0</version>
          </dependency>
          <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
index 5c9f1a6c..349d47d1 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
    <Loggers>
       <Logger name="org.apache.log4j.xml" additivity="false">
       </Logger>
+      <Logger name="org.mongodb.driver" level="WARN">
+      </Logger>
+      <Logger name="org.eclipse.jetty" level="INFO">
+      </Logger>
+      <Logger name="io.javalin" level="INFO">
+      </Logger>
       <Root level="all">
          <AppenderRef ref="SystemOutAppender"/>
          <AppenderRef ref="SyslogAppender"/>
diff --git a/qqq-backend-module-mongodb/pom.xml b/qqq-backend-module-mongodb/pom.xml
index 170ba8a1..4d3a2e39 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-module-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/qqq-backend-module-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
          <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-         <version>2.17.1</version>
+         <version>2.23.0</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>