diff --git a/dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-system/pom.xml b/dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-system/pom.xml
index c1b5036ed6ae..3a4a2fbf5b35 100644
--- a/dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-system/pom.xml
+++ b/dhis-2/dhis-support/dhis-support-system/pom.xml
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>log4j-layout-template-json</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
diff --git a/dhis-2/pom.xml b/dhis-2/pom.xml
index 929d009bac08..24cb56184dd2 100644
--- a/dhis-2/pom.xml
+++ b/dhis-2/pom.xml
@@ -1012,6 +1012,12 @@
         <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
         <version>${log4j.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>log4j-layout-template-json</artifactId>
+        <version>${log4j.version}</version>
+        <scope>runtime</scope>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-web</artifactId>
@@ -2056,6 +2062,7 @@ jasperreports.version=${jasperreports.version}
               <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>net.sf.jasperreports:jasperreports-fonts</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
               <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>org.mockito:mockito-inline</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
               <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j-impl</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
+              <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-layout-template-json</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
               <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
               <ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>org.apache.jclouds.provider:aws-s3</ignoredUnusedDeclaredDependency>
               <!-- Needed by dhis-web modules -->