From 20364d144946e4282de07cb1f32ac691a7517239 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ramanathan <ramanathanbscmca@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2026 11:42:40 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add log4j-api-kotlin dependency to BOM

---
 pom.xml | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2c090b18213..5d7e3154a9a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -380,6 +380,8 @@
     <log4j.docgen.pluginDescriptorsDir.phase1>${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/target/plugin-descriptors/phase1</log4j.docgen.pluginDescriptorsDir.phase1>
     <log4j.docgen.pluginDescriptorsDir.phase2>${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/target/plugin-descriptors/phase2</log4j.docgen.pluginDescriptorsDir.phase2>
 
+    <!-- log4j-api-kotlin> -->
+    <log4j-api-kotlin.version>1.5.0</log4j-api-kotlin.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -497,6 +499,12 @@
         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>log4j-api-kotlin</artifactId>
+        <version>${log4j-api-kotlin.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-layout-template-json</artifactId>

From 787824e771573c5762209b9f8c7cdd92e27a620b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ramanathan <ramanathanbscmca@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2026 15:59:25 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add log4j-api-kotlin to the Log4j Bill of Materials (BOM)

---
 pom.xml                                            | 14 ++++++--------
 .../.2.x.x/4145_add_log4j_api_kotlin_to_bom.xml    | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 src/changelog/.2.x.x/4145_add_log4j_api_kotlin_to_bom.xml

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5d7e3154a9a..be528c33bb2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -380,8 +380,6 @@
     <log4j.docgen.pluginDescriptorsDir.phase1>${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/target/plugin-descriptors/phase1</log4j.docgen.pluginDescriptorsDir.phase1>
     <log4j.docgen.pluginDescriptorsDir.phase2>${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/target/plugin-descriptors/phase2</log4j.docgen.pluginDescriptorsDir.phase2>
 
-    <!-- log4j-api-kotlin> -->
-    <log4j-api-kotlin.version>1.5.0</log4j-api-kotlin.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -403,6 +401,12 @@
         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>log4j-api-kotlin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.5.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-api-test</artifactId>
@@ -499,12 +503,6 @@
         <version>${project.version}</version>
       </dependency>
 
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-        <artifactId>log4j-api-kotlin</artifactId>
-        <version>${log4j-api-kotlin.version}</version>
-      </dependency>
-
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-layout-template-json</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/4145_add_log4j_api_kotlin_to_bom.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/4145_add_log4j_api_kotlin_to_bom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e78dfb520ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/4145_add_log4j_api_kotlin_to_bom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<entry xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
+       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="
+           https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns
+           https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd"
+       type="added">
+    <issue id="4145" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/issues/4145"/>
+    <issue id="4222" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/4222"/>
+    <description format="asciidoc">
+        Add `log4j-api-kotlin` to the Log4j Bill of Materials (`log4j-bom`).
+    </description>
+</entry>