Uplift log4j to 2.15.0

Author: jainadc9

pom.xml

@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
         <output-relative-path>src/main/java</output-relative-path>
         <skipTests>false</skipTests>
         <skipUTs>${skipTests}</skipUTs>
+        <log4j2.version>2.15.0</log4j2.version>
         <springBootVersion>${project.parent.version}</springBootVersion>
         <forkCountTests>2.5C</forkCountTests>
     </properties>
@@ -46,11 +47,6 @@
     </reporting>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j-to-slf4j</artifactId>
-            <version>2.15.0</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>