diff --git a/archetypes/jersey/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/jersey/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 57479e343..5a9a2bcbc 100644
--- a/archetypes/jersey/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/jersey/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container-jersey</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.1</version>
+            <version>1.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/archetypes/spark/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/spark/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 5bfcfdfdc..04eb1b39d 100644
--- a/archetypes/spark/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/spark/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
-        <jackson.version>2.9.4</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.9.5</jackson.version>
         <spark.version>2.7.1</spark.version>
     </properties>
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container-spark</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.1</version>
+            <version>1.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/archetypes/spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml b/archetypes/spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
index a6d717260..ab816387b 100644
--- a/archetypes/spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
+++ b/archetypes/spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/archetype-metadata.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
                 <include>**/*.java</include>
             </includes>
         </fileSet>
+        <fileSet>
+            <directory>src/main/resources</directory>
+            <includes>
+                <include>**/*.xml</include>
+            </includes>
+        </fileSet>
         <fileSet filtered="true">
             <directory></directory>
             <includes>
diff --git a/archetypes/spring/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/spring/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 9d0ab8c7a..c7da99e7e 100644
--- a/archetypes/spring/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/spring/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -16,13 +16,15 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <spring.version>5.0.3.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.8.2</log4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container-spring</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.1</version>
+            <version>1.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -37,10 +39,47 @@
             <version>${spring.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!--
+             the Spring Context Indexer run an annotation processor at compile time and generates
+             a META-INF/spring.components file that Spring can use to speed up component scanning at boot time.
+             For small applications, this doesn't make a big difference. However, for large applications with
+             complex dependencies this may improve your cold start time significantly.
+        -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-context-indexer</artifactId>
+            <version>${spring.version}</version>
+            <optional>true</optional>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+            <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
+            <artifactId>aws-lambda-java-log4j2</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
             <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-            <version>4.12</version>
+            <version>${junit.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -52,17 +91,29 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>2.3</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
-                </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>package</phase>
                         <goals>
                             <goal>shade</goal>
                         </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <createDependencyReducedPom>false</createDependencyReducedPom>
+                            <transformers>
+                                <transformer
+                                        implementation="com.github.edwgiz.mavenShadePlugin.log4j2CacheTransformer.PluginsCacheFileTransformer">
+                                </transformer>
+                            </transformers>
+                        </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>com.github.edwgiz</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin.log4j2-cachefile-transformer</artifactId>
+                        <version>2.8.1</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
diff --git a/archetypes/spring/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/archetypes/spring/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fada3aded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/spring/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration packages="com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.log4j2.LambdaAppender">
+    <Appenders>
+        <Lambda name="Lambda">
+            <PatternLayout>
+                <pattern>%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss} %X{AWSRequestId} %-5p %c{1}:%L - %m%n</pattern>
+            </PatternLayout>
+        </Lambda>
+    </Appenders>
+    <Loggers>
+        <Root level="info">
+            <AppenderRef ref="Lambda" />
+        </Root>
+    </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
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diff --git a/archetypes/springboot/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml b/archetypes/springboot/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
index 1f01ebbf7..183512173 100644
--- a/archetypes/springboot/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
+++ b/archetypes/springboot/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.amazonaws.serverless</groupId>
             <artifactId>aws-serverless-java-container-spring</artifactId>
-            <version>1.0.1</version>
+            <version>1.1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/archetypes/springboot/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/resources/application.properties b/archetypes/springboot/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/resources/application.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec1cb9792
--- /dev/null
+++ b/archetypes/springboot/src/main/resources/archetype-resources/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Reduce logging level to make sure the application works with SAM local
+# https://github.com/awslabs/aws-serverless-java-container/issues/134
+logging.level.root=WARN
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