diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 81fc983..7577cae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@
       <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7.30</version>
+    </dependency>
     
     <!-- TEST -->
     <dependency>
@@ -57,6 +62,12 @@
       <version>3.9.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.simplify4u</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-mock</artifactId>
+      <version>2.1.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/resource/loader/AbstractResourceLoader.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/resource/loader/AbstractResourceLoader.java
index fb1407f..a3984b4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/resource/loader/AbstractResourceLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/resource/loader/AbstractResourceLoader.java
@@ -24,23 +24,20 @@
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
 
-import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.resource.PlexusResource;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:trygvis@inamo.no">Trygve Laugst&oslash;l</a>
  * @version $Id$
  */
-public abstract class AbstractResourceLoader
-    extends AbstractLogEnabled
-    implements ResourceLoader
+public abstract class AbstractResourceLoader implements ResourceLoader
 {
-    protected List<String> paths = new ArrayList<String>();
+    protected List<String> paths = new ArrayList<>();
 
     public void addSearchPath( String path )
     {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/resource/loader/JarResourceLoader.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/resource/loader/JarResourceLoader.java
index 4d3725a..2e73e25 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/resource/loader/JarResourceLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/resource/loader/JarResourceLoader.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 
 import org.codehaus.plexus.personality.plexus.lifecycle.phase.InitializationException;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.resource.PlexusResource;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -39,6 +41,8 @@
 public class JarResourceLoader
     extends AbstractResourceLoader
 {
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger( ResourceLoader.class );
+
     public static final String ID = "jar";
 
     /**
@@ -50,14 +54,14 @@ public class JarResourceLoader
      * Maps JAR URLs to the actual JAR (key = the JAR URL, value = the JAR).
      */
     private Map<String, JarHolder> jarfiles = new LinkedHashMap<String, JarHolder>( 89 );
-    
+
     private boolean initializeCalled;
 
     public void initialize()
         throws InitializationException
     {
         initializeCalled = true;
-        
+
         if ( paths != null )
         {
             for ( int i = 0; i < paths.size(); i++ )
@@ -69,21 +73,17 @@ public void initialize()
 
     private void loadJar( String path )
     {
-        if ( getLogger().isDebugEnabled() )
-        {
-            getLogger().debug( "JarResourceLoader : trying to load \"" + path + "\"" );
-        }
+        LOGGER.debug( "JarResourceLoader : trying to load '{}'", path );
 
         // Check path information
         if ( path == null )
         {
-            getLogger().error( "JarResourceLoader : can not load JAR - JAR path is null" );
+            LOGGER.error( "JarResourceLoader : can not load JAR - JAR path is null" );
             return;
         }
         if ( !path.startsWith( "jar:" ) )
         {
-            getLogger().error(
-                               "JarResourceLoader : JAR path must start with jar: -> "
+            LOGGER.error( "JarResourceLoader : JAR path must start with jar: -> "
                                    + "see java.net.JarURLConnection for information" );
             return;
         }
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ private void addEntries( Map entries )
 
     /**
      * Get an InputStream so that the Runtime can build a template with it.
-     * 
+     *
      * @param source name of template to get
      * @return InputStream containing the template
      * @throws ResourceNotFoundException if template not found in the file template path.
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ public PlexusResource getResource( String source )
                 throw new ResourceNotFoundException( e.getMessage(), e );
             }
         }
-        
+
         if ( source == null || source.length() == 0 )
         {
             throw new ResourceNotFoundException( "Need to have a resource!" );
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/resource/loader/URLResourceLoader.java b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/resource/loader/URLResourceLoader.java
index a795586..34d3686 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/resource/loader/URLResourceLoader.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/codehaus/plexus/resource/loader/URLResourceLoader.java
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.codehaus.plexus.resource.PlexusResource;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.MalformedURLException;
@@ -31,9 +36,6 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.resource.PlexusResource;
-
 /**
  * @author Jason van Zyl
  */
@@ -42,9 +44,11 @@ public class URLResourceLoader
     extends AbstractResourceLoader
 {
 
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger( URLResourceLoader.class );
+
     public static final String ID = "url";
 
-    protected Map<String, String> templateRoots = new HashMap<String, String>();
+    protected Map<String, String> templateRoots = new HashMap<>();
 
     /**
      * Get an InputStream so that the Runtime can build a template with it.
@@ -71,10 +75,7 @@ public PlexusResource getResource( String name )
 
                 if ( inputStream != null )
                 {
-                    if ( getLogger().isDebugEnabled() )
-                    {
-                        getLogger().debug( "URLResourceLoader: Found '" + name + "' at '" + path + "'" );
-                    }
+                    LOGGER.debug( "URLResourceLoader: Found '{}' at '{}'", name, path );
 
                     // save this root for later re-use
                     templateRoots.put( name, path );
@@ -98,19 +99,11 @@ public synchronized InputStream getInputStream()
             }
             catch( MalformedURLException mue )
             {
-                if ( getLogger().isDebugEnabled() )
-                {
-                    getLogger().debug( "URLResourceLoader: No valid URL '" + path + name + '\'' );
-                }
+                LOGGER.debug( "URLResourceLoader: No valid URL '{}{}'", path, name );
             }
             catch ( IOException ioe )
             {
-                if ( getLogger().isDebugEnabled() )
-                {
-                    getLogger().debug(
-                                       "URLResourceLoader: Exception when looking for '" + name + "' at '" + path + "'",
-                                       ioe );
-                }
+                LOGGER.debug( "URLResourceLoader: Exception when looking for '{}' at '{}'", name, path, ioe );
             }
         }
         
@@ -142,18 +135,12 @@ public synchronized InputStream getInputStream()
         }
         catch( MalformedURLException mue )
         {
-            if ( getLogger().isDebugEnabled() )
-            {
-                getLogger().debug( "URLResourceLoader: No valid URL '" + name + '\'' );
-            }
+            LOGGER.debug( "URLResourceLoader: No valid URL '{}'", name );
         }
         catch ( IOException ioe )
         {
-            if ( getLogger().isDebugEnabled() )
-            {
-                getLogger().debug( "URLResourceLoader: Exception when looking for '" + name + '\'', ioe );
-            }
-       }
+            LOGGER.debug( "URLResourceLoader: Exception when looking for '{}'", name, ioe );
+        }
 
         // convert to a general Velocity ResourceNotFoundException
         throw new ResourceNotFoundException( name );
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/resource/loader/FileResourceLoaderTest.java b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/resource/loader/FileResourceLoaderTest.java
index 29434b6..0c575cd 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/resource/loader/FileResourceLoaderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/resource/loader/FileResourceLoaderTest.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import java.io.File;
 
 import org.codehaus.plexus.resource.PlexusResource;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.resource.loader.AbstractResourceLoaderTest;
 
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:trygvis@inamo.no">Trygve Laugst&oslash;l</a>
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/resource/loader/URLResourceLoaderTest.java b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/resource/loader/URLResourceLoaderTest.java
index cddd89c..9de46ad 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/resource/loader/URLResourceLoaderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/codehaus/plexus/resource/loader/URLResourceLoaderTest.java
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 package org.codehaus.plexus.resource.loader;
 
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions;
-import junit.framework.TestCase;
 
-import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.Logger;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.mockito.InjectMocks;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
-import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
+import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
+
+@RunWith( MockitoJUnitRunner.class )
 public class URLResourceLoaderTest
-    extends TestCase
 {
     @Mock
     private Logger logger;
@@ -19,18 +22,9 @@ public class URLResourceLoaderTest
     @InjectMocks
     private ResourceLoader resourceLoader = new URLResourceLoader();
 
-    @Override
-    protected void setUp()
-        throws Exception
-    {
-        MockitoAnnotations.initMocks( this );
-    }
-
+    @Test
     public void testMalformedURL()
-        throws Exception
     {
-        when( logger.isDebugEnabled() ).thenReturn( true );
-
         try
         {
             resourceLoader.getResource( "LICENSE.txt" );
@@ -38,8 +32,7 @@ public void testMalformedURL()
         }
         catch ( ResourceNotFoundException e )
         {
-            verify( logger ).isDebugEnabled();
-            verify( logger ).debug( "URLResourceLoader: No valid URL 'LICENSE.txt'" );
+            verify( logger ).debug( "URLResourceLoader: No valid URL '{}'", "LICENSE.txt" );
             verifyNoMoreInteractions( logger );
             assertEquals( "Could not find resource 'LICENSE.txt'.", e.getMessage() );
         }