diff --git a/nb-api/pom.xml b/nb-api/pom.xml
index f71ab8200..52af9f2ed 100644
--- a/nb-api/pom.xml
+++ b/nb-api/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     <dependencies>
 
         <!-- logging -->
+        <!-- TODO: consolidate to Log4j 2 -->
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -36,6 +37,17 @@
             <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
+
         <!-- perf testing -->
 
         <dependency>