diff --git a/Core/build.xml b/Core/build.xml
index 44b627fb9d..5cb0c3811a 100644
--- a/Core/build.xml
+++ b/Core/build.xml
@@ -203,7 +203,9 @@
         <copy file="${thirdparty.dir}/LICENSE-2.0.txt" todir="${ext.dir}" />        
         <!-- fetch all the dependencies from Ivy and stick them in the right places -->
         <ivy:resolve log="quiet"/>
+        <ivy:report todir='${basedir}/ivy-reports' graph='true' xml='false'/>
         <ivy:retrieve conf="core" pattern="${ext.dir}/[artifact]-[revision](-[classifier]).[ext]" />
+        <delete file="${basedir}/release/modules/ext/log4j-1.2.16.jar"/>
     </target>
 
     <target name="init" depends="get-deps,harness.init"/>
diff --git a/Core/nbproject/project.properties b/Core/nbproject/project.properties
index 5377cc3d82..5a98c05e19 100644
--- a/Core/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/Core/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ file.reference.jxmapviewer2-2.4.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\jxmapviewer2-2.4.jar
 file.reference.jython-standalone-2.7.0.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\jython-standalone-2.7.0.jar
 file.reference.libphonenumber-3.5.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\libphonenumber-3.5.jar
 file.reference.listenablefuture-9999.0-empty-to-avoid-conflict-with-guava.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\listenablefuture-9999.0-empty-to-avoid-conflict-with-guava.jar
-file.reference.log4j-1.2.16.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\log4j-1.2.16.jar
 file.reference.mchange-commons-java-0.2.9.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\mchange-commons-java-0.2.9.jar
 file.reference.metadata-extractor-2.11.0.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\metadata-extractor-2.11.0.jar
 file.reference.mockito-core-3.5.7.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\mockito-core-3.5.7.jar
diff --git a/Core/nbproject/project.xml b/Core/nbproject/project.xml
index 67d26d0cb7..b4465d58b6 100644
--- a/Core/nbproject/project.xml
+++ b/Core/nbproject/project.xml
@@ -633,10 +633,6 @@
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/commons-lang3-3.5.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release\modules\ext\commons-lang3-3.5.jar</binary-origin>
             </class-path-extension>
-            <class-path-extension>
-                <runtime-relative-path>ext/log4j-1.2.16.jar</runtime-relative-path>
-                <binary-origin>release\modules\ext\log4j-1.2.16.jar</binary-origin>
-            </class-path-extension>
             <class-path-extension>
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/commons-logging-1.2.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release\modules\ext\commons-logging-1.2.jar</binary-origin>
diff --git a/CoreLibs/build.xml b/CoreLibs/build.xml
index 0e4a3701f8..139f205d88 100644
--- a/CoreLibs/build.xml
+++ b/CoreLibs/build.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@
     <target name="get-deps" description="retrieve dependencies using ivy" depends="init-ivy,build-native-libs,get-thirdparty-dependencies">
         <ivy:settings file="ivysettings.xml" />
         <ivy:resolve log="quiet"/>
-        <ivy:retrieve pattern="${basedir}/release/modules/ext/[artifact]-[revision](-[classifier]).[ext]" />    
+        <ivy:report todir='${basedir}/ivy-reports' graph='true' xml='false'/>
+        <ivy:retrieve pattern="${basedir}/release/modules/ext/[artifact]-[revision](-[classifier]).[ext]" />
+        <delete file="${basedir}/release/modules/ext/log4j-1.2.17.jar"/>
     </target>
     
     <target name="init" depends="get-deps,harness.init"/>
diff --git a/CoreLibs/ivy.xml b/CoreLibs/ivy.xml
index 4c9bd7c95d..e185b9d04d 100644
--- a/CoreLibs/ivy.xml
+++ b/CoreLibs/ivy.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
         <dependency conf="autopsy_core->*" org="commons-lang" name="commons-lang" rev="2.6"/> 
         <dependency conf="autopsy_core->*" org="commons-logging" name="commons-logging" rev="1.1.2"/>
         <dependency conf="autopsy_core->*" org="commons-io" name="commons-io" rev="2.5"/>
-        <dependency conf="autopsy_core->*" org="log4j" name="log4j" rev="1.2.17"/>
+        <dependency conf="autopsy_core->*" org="org.apache.logging.log4j" name="log4j-core" rev="2.17.1" transitive="false"/>
         <!-- <dependency conf="autopsy_core->*" org="org.jdom" name="jdom" rev="1.1.3"/> -->
         <dependency conf="autopsy_core->*" org="org.apache.poi" name="poi-excelant" rev="4.0.1"/>
         <dependency conf="autopsy_core->*" org="org.apache.poi" name="poi-scratchpad" rev="4.0.1"/>
diff --git a/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties b/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties
index 65e740fc47..6eb23842a8 100644
--- a/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-file.reference.activation-1.1.jar=release/modules/ext/activation-1.1.jar
 file.reference.ant-1.8.2.jar=release/modules/ext/ant-1.8.2.jar
 file.reference.ant-launcher-1.8.2.jar=release/modules/ext/ant-launcher-1.8.2.jar
 file.reference.AppleJavaExtensions-1.4.jar=release/modules/ext/AppleJavaExtensions-1.4.jar
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ file.reference.commons-logging-1.1.2.jar=release/modules/ext/commons-logging-1.1
 file.reference.compiler-0.9.1.jar=release/modules/ext/compiler-0.9.1.jar
 file.reference.controlsfx-8.40.11.jar=release/modules/ext/controlsfx-8.40.11.jar
 file.reference.dom4j-1.6.1.jar=release/modules/ext/dom4j-1.6.1.jar
-file.reference.geronimo-jms_1.1_spec-1.0.jar=release/modules/ext/geronimo-jms_1.1_spec-1.0.jar
 file.reference.gson-2.8.5.jar=release/modules/ext/gson-2.8.5.jar
 file.reference.gst1-java-core-1.0.0.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\gst1-java-core-1.0.0.jar
 file.reference.guava-19.0.jar=release/modules/ext/guava-19.0.jar
@@ -37,7 +35,6 @@ file.reference.imageio-tga-3.2.jar=release/modules/ext/imageio-tga-3.2.jar
 file.reference.imageio-thumbsdb-3.2.jar=release/modules/ext/imageio-thumbsdb-3.2.jar
 file.reference.imageio-tiff-3.2.jar=release/modules/ext/imageio-tiff-3.2.jar
 file.reference.imgscalr-lib-4.2.jar=release/modules/ext/imgscalr-lib-4.2.jar
-file.reference.javaee-api-5.0-2.jar=release/modules/ext/javaee-api-5.0-2.jar
 file.reference.javassist-3.12.1.GA.jar=release/modules/ext/javassist-3.12.1.GA.jar
 file.reference.jfxtras-common-8.0-r4.jar=release/modules/ext/jfxtras-common-8.0-r4.jar
 file.reference.jfxtras-controls-8.0-r4.jar=release/modules/ext/jfxtras-controls-8.0-r4.jar
@@ -47,9 +44,8 @@ file.reference.jna-platform-5.10.0.jar=release/modules/ext/jna-platform-5.10.0.j
 file.reference.joda-time-2.4.jar=release/modules/ext/joda-time-2.4.jar
 file.reference.jsr305-1.3.9.jar=release/modules/ext/jsr305-1.3.9.jar
 file.reference.LGoodDatePicker-10.3.1.jar=release/modules/ext/LGoodDatePicker-10.3.1.jar
-file.reference.log4j-1.2.17.jar=release/modules/ext/log4j-1.2.17.jar
+file.reference.log4j-core-2.17.1.jar=release/modules/ext/log4j-core-2.17.1.jar
 file.reference.logkit-1.0.1.jar=release/modules/ext/logkit-1.0.1.jar
-file.reference.mail-1.4.3.jar=release/modules/ext/mail-1.4.3.jar
 file.reference.opencv-248.jar=release/modules/ext/opencv-248.jar
 file.reference.openjfx-dialogs-1.0.2.jar=release/modules/ext/openjfx-dialogs-1.0.3.jar
 file.reference.poi-4.0.1.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\poi-4.0.1.jar
diff --git a/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.xml b/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.xml
index 8bc464da72..e95d15f9d6 100644
--- a/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.xml
+++ b/CoreLibs/nbproject/project.xml
@@ -838,10 +838,6 @@
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/xmlbeans-3.0.2.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/xmlbeans-3.0.2.jar</binary-origin>
             </class-path-extension>
-            <class-path-extension>
-                <runtime-relative-path>ext/mail-1.4.3.jar</runtime-relative-path>
-                <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/mail-1.4.3.jar</binary-origin>
-            </class-path-extension>
             <class-path-extension>
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/imageio-tga-3.2.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/imageio-tga-3.2.jar</binary-origin>
@@ -854,10 +850,6 @@
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/slf4j-api-1.6.1.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/slf4j-api-1.6.1.jar</binary-origin>
             </class-path-extension>
-            <class-path-extension>
-                <runtime-relative-path>ext/activation-1.1.jar</runtime-relative-path>
-                <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/activation-1.1.jar</binary-origin>
-            </class-path-extension>
             <class-path-extension>
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/poi-scratchpad-4.0.1.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release\modules\ext\poi-scratchpad-4.0.1.jar</binary-origin>
@@ -883,8 +875,8 @@
                 <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/imageio-pcx-3.2.jar</binary-origin>
             </class-path-extension>
             <class-path-extension>
-                <runtime-relative-path>ext/log4j-1.2.17.jar</runtime-relative-path>
-                <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/log4j-1.2.17.jar</binary-origin>
+                <runtime-relative-path>ext/log4j-core-2.17.1.jar</runtime-relative-path>
+                <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/log4j-core-2.17.1.jar</binary-origin>
             </class-path-extension>
             <class-path-extension>
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/avalon-framework-4.1.5.jar</runtime-relative-path>
@@ -906,10 +898,6 @@
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/imageio-sgi-3.2.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/imageio-sgi-3.2.jar</binary-origin>
             </class-path-extension>
-            <class-path-extension>
-                <runtime-relative-path>ext/geronimo-jms_1.1_spec-1.0.jar</runtime-relative-path>
-                <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/geronimo-jms_1.1_spec-1.0.jar</binary-origin>
-            </class-path-extension>
             <class-path-extension>
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/jfxtras-fxml-8.0-r4.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/jfxtras-fxml-8.0-r4.jar</binary-origin>
@@ -990,10 +978,6 @@
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/controlsfx-8.40.11.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/controlsfx-8.40.11.jar</binary-origin>
             </class-path-extension>
-            <class-path-extension>
-                <runtime-relative-path>ext/javaee-api-5.0-2.jar</runtime-relative-path>
-                <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/javaee-api-5.0-2.jar</binary-origin>
-            </class-path-extension>
             <class-path-extension>
                 <runtime-relative-path>ext/common-image-3.2.jar</runtime-relative-path>
                 <binary-origin>release/modules/ext/common-image-3.2.jar</binary-origin>
diff --git a/KeywordSearch/nbproject/project.properties b/KeywordSearch/nbproject/project.properties
index df914dd442..e73b0e4bef 100644
--- a/KeywordSearch/nbproject/project.properties
+++ b/KeywordSearch/nbproject/project.properties
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ file.reference.json-simple-1.1.1.jar=release/modules/ext/json-simple-1.1.1.jar
 file.reference.juniversalchardet-1.0.3.jar=release/modules/ext/juniversalchardet-1.0.3.jar
 file.reference.language-detector-0.6.jar=release\\modules\\ext\\language-detector-0.6.jar
 file.reference.libsvm-3.1.jar=release/modules/ext/libsvm-3.1.jar
-file.reference.log4j-1.2.17.jar=release/modules/ext/log4j-1.2.17.jar
 file.reference.lucene-core-4.0.0.jar=release/modules/ext/lucene-core-4.0.0.jar
 file.reference.lucene-queries-4.0.0.jar=release/modules/ext/lucene-queries-4.0.0.jar
 file.reference.lucene-sandbox-4.0.0.jar=release/modules/ext/lucene-sandbox-4.0.0.jar