diff --git a/crd-generator/cli/pom.xml b/crd-generator/cli/pom.xml
index f9dae1244eb..93e6c59b429 100644
--- a/crd-generator/cli/pom.xml
+++ b/crd-generator/cli/pom.xml
@@ -45,8 +45,16 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-      <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-slf4j2-impl</artifactId>
+      <!-- required because parent pom declares default scope to test -->
+      <scope>compile</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+      <!-- required because parent pom declares default scope to test -->
+      <scope>compile</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/crd-generator/cli/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/cli/LoggingConfiguration.java b/crd-generator/cli/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/cli/LoggingConfiguration.java
index b0d55ccd9a1..ef8e6156795 100644
--- a/crd-generator/cli/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/cli/LoggingConfiguration.java
+++ b/crd-generator/cli/src/main/java/io/fabric8/crd/generator/cli/LoggingConfiguration.java
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@
  */
 package io.fabric8.crd.generator.cli;
 
-import ch.qos.logback.classic.Level;
-import ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.core.config.Configurator;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -34,15 +33,13 @@ static void configureLogger(List<Boolean> verbose) {
   }
 
   private static void configureLogger(LogLevel baseLogLevel) {
-    setLogLevel("io.fabric8.crd.generator.cli", baseLogLevel.toLogbackLevel());
-    setLogLevel("io.fabric8.crd.generator.collector", baseLogLevel.toLogbackLevel());
-    setLogLevel("io.fabric8.crdv2.generator", baseLogLevel.toLogbackLevel());
+    setLogLevel("io.fabric8.crd.generator.cli", baseLogLevel.toLog4jLevel());
+    setLogLevel("io.fabric8.crd.generator.collector", baseLogLevel.toLog4jLevel());
+    setLogLevel("io.fabric8.crdv2.generator", baseLogLevel.toLog4jLevel());
   }
 
   private static void setLogLevel(String packageName, Level level) {
-    LoggerContext loggerContext = (LoggerContext) LoggerFactory.getILoggerFactory();
-    ch.qos.logback.classic.Logger logger = loggerContext.getLogger(packageName);
-    logger.setLevel(level);
+    Configurator.setLevel(packageName, level);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -71,8 +68,8 @@ enum LogLevel {
     DEBUG,
     TRACE;
 
-    Level toLogbackLevel() {
-      return Level.toLevel(name());
+    Level toLog4jLevel() {
+      return Level.valueOf(name());
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8cceba67d65..4c3096253fd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@
     <jackson.bundle.version>${jackson.version}</jackson.bundle.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
     <log4j.version>2.24.1</log4j.version>
-    <logback.version>1.3.14</logback.version>
     <lombok.version>1.18.34</lombok.version>
     <snakeyaml.version>2.8</snakeyaml.version>
     <snakeyaml.bundle.version>2.2</snakeyaml.bundle.version> <!-- Transitive Jackson -->
@@ -861,11 +860,6 @@
         <version>${log4j.version}</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-        <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-        <version>${logback.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.vertx</groupId>
         <artifactId>vertx-core</artifactId>