diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2c090b18213..5d7e3154a9a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -380,6 +380,8 @@
     <log4j.docgen.pluginDescriptorsDir.phase1>${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/target/plugin-descriptors/phase1</log4j.docgen.pluginDescriptorsDir.phase1>
     <log4j.docgen.pluginDescriptorsDir.phase2>${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/target/plugin-descriptors/phase2</log4j.docgen.pluginDescriptorsDir.phase2>
 
+    <!-- log4j-api-kotlin> -->
+    <log4j-api-kotlin.version>1.5.0</log4j-api-kotlin.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -497,6 +499,12 @@
         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>log4j-api-kotlin</artifactId>
+        <version>${log4j-api-kotlin.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-layout-template-json</artifactId>