diff --git a/acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml b/acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
index ec7a9d96ece..51f42aa9af6 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/acceptance-tests/tests/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Configuration status="WARN" monitorInterval="30">
+<Configuration level="WARN" monitorInterval="30">
   <Properties>
     <Property name="root.log.level">INFO</Property>
   </Properties>
diff --git a/besu/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/besu/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
index a4b51ec3e16..2ce12c21196 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/besu/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Configuration status="WARN">
+<Configuration level="WARN">
     <Properties>
         <Property name="root.log.level">${env:LOG_LEVEL:-INFO}</Property>
         <Property name="root.log.logger">${env:LOGGER:-Console}</Property>
diff --git a/consensus/qbft-core/src/integration-test/resources/log4j2.xml b/consensus/qbft-core/src/integration-test/resources/log4j2.xml
index 17267895af5..993cbabb5d6 100644
--- a/consensus/qbft-core/src/integration-test/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/consensus/qbft-core/src/integration-test/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Configuration status="WARN">
+<Configuration level="WARN">
   <Properties>
     <Property name="root.log.level">DEBUG</Property>
   </Properties>
diff --git a/ethereum/evmtool/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/ethereum/evmtool/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
index 8e70c35eea9..bcb5467e98e 100644
--- a/ethereum/evmtool/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/ethereum/evmtool/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Configuration status="WARN">
+<Configuration level="WARN">
     <Properties>
         <Property name="root.log.level">INFO</Property>
     </Properties>
diff --git a/testutil/src/main/resources/log4j2-test.xml b/testutil/src/main/resources/log4j2-test.xml
index 85a454f1c9b..0ddc9af85cb 100644
--- a/testutil/src/main/resources/log4j2-test.xml
+++ b/testutil/src/main/resources/log4j2-test.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Configuration status="WARN">
+<Configuration level="WARN">
   <Properties>
     <Property name="root.log.level">INFO</Property>
     <Property name="console.pattern">%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSSZZZ} | %t | %-5level | %c{1} | %msg</Property>