diff --git a/elasticsearch/build.sbt b/elasticsearch/build.sbt
index c290c4df..c2b2e78d 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/build.sbt
+++ b/elasticsearch/build.sbt
@@ -9,13 +9,12 @@ libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
   Elastic4sClientEsJava,
   Elastic4sCore,
   ElasticsearchRestClient,
-  AkkaActorTestkitTyped      % Test,
   AkkaHttpTestkit            % Test,
+  AkkaSlf4J % Test,
   AkkaTestkitSpecs2Classic   % Test,
   Elastic4sTestkit           % Test,
   ElasticsearchClusterRunner % Test,
   Log4JCore                  % Test,
   Log4JSlf4j                 % Test,
-  Specs2Core                 % Test,
-  Specs2ScalaCheck           % Test
+  Specs2Core                 % Test
 )
diff --git a/elasticsearch/src/test/resources/application.conf b/elasticsearch/src/test/resources/application.conf
index 5c041ac5..5fd3af61 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/src/test/resources/application.conf
+++ b/elasticsearch/src/test/resources/application.conf
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 akka {
+  loggers = ["akka.event.slf4j.Slf4jLogger"]
+  logging-filter = "akka.event.slf4j.Slf4jLoggingFilter"
   log-dead-letters = 0
   log-dead-letters-during-shutdown = off
 }
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 442170c1..cad97dc8 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ object Dependencies {
   val AkkaHttp                   = "com.typesafe.akka"                     %% "akka-http"                    % Versions.AkkaHttp
   val AkkaHttpCore               = "com.typesafe.akka"                     %% "akka-http-core"               % Versions.AkkaHttp
   val AkkaHttpTestkit            = "com.typesafe.akka"                     %% "akka-http-testkit"            % Versions.AkkaHttp
+  val AkkaSlf4J                   = "com.typesafe.akka"               %% "akka-slf4j"                            % Versions.Akka
   val AkkaStream                 = "com.typesafe.akka"                     %% "akka-stream"                  % Versions.Akka
   val AkkaStreamTestkit          = "com.typesafe.akka"                     %% "akka-stream-testkit"          % Versions.Akka
   val AkkaTestkit                = "com.typesafe.akka"                     %% "akka-testkit"                 % Versions.Akka