diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6a677d8..e0d7d69 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description = "A lightweight Polypheny-DB benchmarking client"
 
 def versionMajor = 4
 def versionMinor = 1
-def versionQualifier = "-SNAPSHOT"
+def versionQualifier = ""
 version = versionMajor + "." + versionMinor + versionQualifier
 
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation group: 'monetdb', name: 'monetdb-jdbc', version: '2.29' // License: Mozilla Public License 2.0
 
     // Cottontail-DB
-    implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'log4j-over-slf4j', version: '1.7.36' // License: MIT
+    //implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'log4j-over-slf4j', version: '1.7.36' // License: MIT
     implementation(group: 'org.vitrivr', name: 'cottontaildb', version: '0.10.5') { // License: MIT
         exclude group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j'
         exclude group: 'org.slf4j'
@@ -99,9 +99,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation group: 'com.opencsv', name: 'opencsv', version: '5.8' // License: Apache 2.0
 
     // Logging
-    implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: '1.7.36' // License: MIT
-    implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-slf4j-impl', version: '2.17.2' // License: Apache 2.0
-    implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-core', version: '2.17.2' // License: Apache 2.0
+    implementation group: 'org.slf4j', name: 'slf4j-api', version: '2.0.9' // License: MIT
+    implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-slf4j2-impl', version: '2.21.1' // License: Apache 2.0
+    implementation group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-core', version: '2.21.1' // License: Apache 2.0
 
     // Extracting ZIPs
     implementation group: 'net.lingala.zip4j', name: 'zip4j', version: '2.11.5'