diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 890cdaada57c..d2440b9770c1 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -981,8 +981,6 @@ project(':iceberg-open-api') {
       exclude group: 'org.apache.curator'
       exclude group: 'org.apache.zookeeper'
       exclude group: 'org.apache.kerby'
-      exclude group: 'org.apache.hadoop', module: 'hadoop-auth'
-      exclude group: 'org.apache.commons', module: 'commons-configuration2'
       exclude group: 'org.apache.hadoop.thirdparty', module: 'hadoop-shaded-protobuf_3_7'
       exclude group: 'org.eclipse.jetty'
       exclude group: 'com.google.re2j', module: 're2j'
@@ -998,6 +996,9 @@ project(':iceberg-open-api') {
     testFixturesImplementation project(path: ':iceberg-bundled-guava', configuration: 'shadow')
     testFixturesImplementation libs.junit.jupiter
 
+    testFixturesImplementation libs.slf4j.api
+    testFixturesImplementation libs.slf4j.simple
+
     testFixturesImplementation libs.jetty.servlet
     testFixturesImplementation libs.jetty.server
     testFixturesImplementation libs.sqlite.jdbc
diff --git a/docker/iceberg-rest-adapter-image/Dockerfile b/docker/iceberg-rest-adapter-image/Dockerfile
index 807c85ca7d8a..30189b97c53e 100644
--- a/docker/iceberg-rest-adapter-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/iceberg-rest-adapter-image/Dockerfile
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@
 FROM azul/zulu-openjdk:17-jre-headless
 
 # Set up the user and group
-RUN \
-    set -xeu && \
-    groupadd iceberg --gid 1000 && \
-    useradd iceberg --uid 1000 --gid 1000 --create-home
+RUN  set -xeu && \
+     groupadd iceberg --gid 1000 && \
+     useradd iceberg --uid 1000 --gid 1000 --create-home
 
 # Working directory for the application
 WORKDIR /usr/lib/iceberg-rest
diff --git a/docker/iceberg-rest-adapter-image/README.md b/docker/iceberg-rest-adapter-image/README.md
index 1395409fea64..661b5397e241 100644
--- a/docker/iceberg-rest-adapter-image/README.md
+++ b/docker/iceberg-rest-adapter-image/README.md
@@ -17,19 +17,18 @@
   - under the License.
   -->
 
-# Iceberg rest adapter image
+# Iceberg REST Catalog Adapter Test Fixture
 
 For converting different catalog implementations into a rest one.
+Adapter for wrapping the existing catalog backends over REST.
 
-## Building the Docker Image locally
 
-If you want to make changes to the local files, and test them out, you can build the image locally and use that instead:
+## Build the Docker Image
 
-```bash
-# Navigate to the iceberg root directory
-cd ../../ 
+When making changes to the local files and test them out, you can build the image locally:
 
-# Build the project
+```bash
+# Build the project from iceberg root directory
 ./gradlew :iceberg-open-api:shadowJar
 
 # Rebuild the docker image
diff --git a/open-api/LICENSE b/open-api/LICENSE
index ee4389e3ef8e..219c70db68c1 100644
--- a/open-api/LICENSE
+++ b/open-api/LICENSE
@@ -415,11 +415,22 @@ License (from POM): Apache-2.0 - https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+Group: org.apache.commons  Name: commons-configuration2  Version: 2.10.1
+Project URL: https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-configuration/
+License (from POM): Apache-2.0 - https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 Group: org.apache.hadoop  Name: hadoop-common  Version: 3.3.6
 License (from POM): Apache License, Version 2.0 - https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+Group: org.apache.hadoop  Name: hadoop-auth  Version: 3.3.6
+License (from POM): Apache License, Version 2.0 - https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 Group: org.apache.httpcomponents.client5  Name: httpclient5  Version: 5.4
 License (from POM): Apache License, Version 2.0 - https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt
 
diff --git a/open-api/NOTICE b/open-api/NOTICE
index 15e0d63f9135..003bda712b67 100644
--- a/open-api/NOTICE
+++ b/open-api/NOTICE
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ Copyright 2002-2024 The Apache Software Foundation
 Apache Commons Lang
 Copyright 2001-2023 The Apache Software Foundation
 
+Apache Commons Configuration
+Copyright 2001-2024 The Apache Software Foundation
+
 Apache HttpClient
 Copyright 1999-2021 The Apache Software Foundation
 
diff --git a/open-api/src/testFixtures/resources/log4j.properties b/open-api/src/testFixtures/resources/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..30c07034cbe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/open-api/src/testFixtures/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+log4j.rootLogger=INFO, stdout
+log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+log4j.appender.stdout.Target=System.out
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS} %-5p [%c] - %m%n
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