diff --git a/test-common/test-common-api/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/test-common/test-common-api/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index 91c909b99adaf..0000000000000
--- a/test-common/test-common-api/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-# 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.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %p %m (%c:%L)%n
-
-log4j.logger.org.apache.kafka=INFO
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test-common/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/test-common/test-common-api/src/test/resources/log4j2.yaml
similarity index 57%
rename from test-common/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
rename to test-common/test-common-api/src/test/resources/log4j2.yaml
index 91c909b99adaf..be546a18b55e6 100644
--- a/test-common/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/test-common/test-common-api/src/test/resources/log4j2.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# 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
+# the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 #
 #    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 #
@@ -12,10 +12,24 @@
 # 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.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=[%d] %p %m (%c:%L)%n
+Configuration:
+  Properties:
+    Property:
+      - name: "logPattern"
+        value: "[%d] %p %m (%c:%L)%n"
 
-log4j.logger.org.apache.kafka=INFO
\ No newline at end of file
+  Appenders:
+    Console:
+      name: STDOUT
+      PatternLayout:
+        pattern: "${logPattern}"
+
+  Loggers:
+    Root:
+      level: INFO
+      AppenderRef:
+        - ref: STDOUT
+    Logger:
+      - name: org.apache.kafka
+        level: INFO