diff --git a/backend/scripts/repl b/backend/scripts/repl
index 2864b1f7e..bf63eeb7d 100755
--- a/backend/scripts/repl
+++ b/backend/scripts/repl
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
 
 export PENPOT_FLAGS="enable-asserts enable-audit-log $PENPOT_FLAGS"
 
-export OPTIONS="-A:jmx-remote:dev -J-Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.logging.log4j.jul.LogManager -J-Dlog4j2.configurationFile=log4j2-devenv.xml -J-Dclojure.tools.logging.factory=clojure.tools.logging.impl/log4j2-factory -J-XX:+UseZGC -J-XX:ConcGCThreads=1 -J-XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow -J-Xms50m -J-Xmx512m";
+export OPTIONS="-A:jmx-remote:dev \
+                -J-Djava.util.logging.manager=org.apache.logging.log4j.jul.LogManager \
+                -J-Dlog4j2.contextSelector=org.apache.logging.log4j.core.async.AsyncLoggerContextSelector \
+                -J-Dlog4j2.configurationFile=log4j2-devenv.xml \
+                -J-Dclojure.tools.logging.factory=clojure.tools.logging.impl/log4j2-factory \
+                -J-XX:+UseShenandoahGC -J-XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow -J-Xms50m -J-Xmx512m";
+
 # export OPTIONS="$OPTIONS -J-XX:+UnlockDiagnosticVMOptions";
 # export OPTIONS="$OPTIONS -J-XX:-TieredCompilation -J-XX:CompileThreshold=10000";
 
diff --git a/common/deps.edn b/common/deps.edn
index d535c55d1..23977f114 100644
--- a/common/deps.edn
+++ b/common/deps.edn
@@ -8,12 +8,17 @@
 
   ;; Logging
   org.clojure/tools.logging {:mvn/version "1.1.0"}
-  org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-api {:mvn/version "2.14.1"}
-  org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-core {:mvn/version "2.14.1"}
-  org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-web {:mvn/version "2.14.1"}
-  org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-jul {:mvn/version "2.14.1"}
-  org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-slf4j18-impl {:mvn/version "2.14.1"}
+  org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-api {:mvn/version "2.16.0"}
+  org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-core {:mvn/version "2.16.0"}
+  org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-web {:mvn/version "2.16.0"}
+  org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-jul {:mvn/version "2.16.0"}
+  org.apache.logging.log4j/log4j-slf4j18-impl {:mvn/version "2.16.0"}
   org.slf4j/slf4j-api {:mvn/version "2.0.0-alpha1"}
+  org.slf4j/jcl-over-slf4j {:mvn/version "2.0.0-alpha1"}
+  org.slf4j/log4j-over-slf4j {:mvn/version "2.0.0-alpha1"}
+  org.slf4j/osgi-over-slf4j {:mvn/version "2.0.0-alpha1"}
+  org.slf4j/jul-to-slf4j {:mvn/version "2.0.0-alpha1"}
+  com.lmax/disruptor {:mvn/version "3.4.4"}
 
   selmer/selmer {:mvn/version "1.12.45"}
   expound/expound {:mvn/version "0.8.10"}