# Elasticsearch 7.3.2 log4j2 properties changes
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-3-2-log4j2-properties-changes/292242
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 17, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-3-2-log4j2-properties-changes/292242 "2021-12-17T01:32:54Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Siva\_Karan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Siva_Karan)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-3-2-log4j2-properties-changes/292242/1 "2021-12-17T01:32:54Z")
Hi ,
we are using the Elasticsearch 7.3.2 it runs on jdk8, for log4j2 properties changes what are the things need to do in JVM file.
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### Author:  [@TimV](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TimV)
#### Post date: [December 18, 2021, 12:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-3-2-log4j2-properties-changes/292242/2 "2021-12-18T12:45:34Z")
Elastic's recommend steps are provided here
- [Apache Log4j2 Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability - CVE-2021-44228 - ESA-2021-31](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/apache-log4j2-remote-code-execution-rce-vulnerability-cve-2021-44228-esa-2021-31/291476)
For Elasticsearch 7.3 on JDK8 we recommend [setting a JVM Option](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.16/advanced-configuration.html#set-jvm-options)
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### Author:  [@Siva\_Karan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Siva_Karan)
#### Post date: [December 21, 2021, 10:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-3-2-log4j2-properties-changes/292242/3 "2021-12-21T10:18:24Z")
Thanks Timv.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2022, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-7-3-2-log4j2-properties-changes/292242/4 "2022-01-18T10:19:18Z")
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