diff --git a/spring-bootstrap/src/test/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/logging/JavaLoggerConfigurerTests.java b/spring-bootstrap/src/test/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/logging/JavaLoggerConfigurerTests.java
index 4bfca9712c..fd8994c179 100644
--- a/spring-bootstrap/src/test/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/logging/JavaLoggerConfigurerTests.java
+++ b/spring-bootstrap/src/test/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/logging/JavaLoggerConfigurerTests.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.util.logging.LogManager;
 
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Jdk14Logger;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -38,15 +37,20 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 public class JavaLoggerConfigurerTests {
 
 	private PrintStream savedOutput;
+
 	private ByteArrayOutputStream output;
 
+	private Jdk14Logger logger;
+
 	@Before
 	public void init() throws SecurityException, IOException {
-		this.savedOutput = System.out;
-		this.output = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-		System.setOut(new PrintStream(this.output));
 		LogManager.getLogManager().readConfiguration(
-				getClass().getResourceAsStream("logging.properties"));
+				getClass().getResourceAsStream("/logging.properties"));
+		this.logger = new Jdk14Logger(getClass().getName());
+		this.savedOutput = System.err;
+		this.output = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+		System.setErr(new PrintStream(this.output));
+
 	}
 
 	@After
@@ -54,7 +58,7 @@ public class JavaLoggerConfigurerTests {
 		System.clearProperty("LOG_FILE");
 		System.clearProperty("LOG_PATH");
 		System.clearProperty("PID");
-		System.setOut(this.savedOutput);
+		System.setErr(this.savedOutput);
 	}
 
 	private String getOutput() {
@@ -64,11 +68,10 @@ public class JavaLoggerConfigurerTests {
 	@Test
 	public void testDefaultConfigLocation() throws Exception {
 		JavaLoggerConfigurer.initLogging("classpath:logging-nondefault.properties");
-		Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(JavaLoggerConfigurerTests.class);
-		logger.info("Hello world");
+		this.logger.info("Hello world");
 		String output = getOutput().trim();
 		assertTrue("Wrong output:\n" + output, output.contains("Hello world"));
-		assertTrue("Wrong output:\n" + output, output.startsWith("["));
+		assertTrue("Wrong output:\n" + output, output.contains("INFO"));
 	}
 
 	@Test(expected = FileNotFoundException.class)
diff --git a/spring-bootstrap/src/test/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/logging/LoggingApplicationContextInitializerTests.java b/spring-bootstrap/src/test/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/logging/LoggingApplicationContextInitializerTests.java
index b913f760e0..01dba3eb75 100644
--- a/spring-bootstrap/src/test/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/logging/LoggingApplicationContextInitializerTests.java
+++ b/spring-bootstrap/src/test/java/org/springframework/bootstrap/logging/LoggingApplicationContextInitializerTests.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.util.logging.LogManager;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SLF4JLogFactory;
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -42,6 +43,8 @@ public class LoggingApplicationContextInitializerTests {
 
 	private LoggingApplicationContextInitializer initializer = new LoggingApplicationContextInitializer();
 
+	private Log logger = new SLF4JLogFactory().getInstance(getClass());
+
 	private PrintStream savedOutput;
 
 	private ByteArrayOutputStream output;
@@ -71,8 +74,7 @@ public class LoggingApplicationContextInitializerTests {
 	public void testDefaultConfigLocation() {
 		GenericApplicationContext context = new GenericApplicationContext();
 		this.initializer.initialize(context);
-		Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(LoggingApplicationContextInitializerTests.class);
-		logger.info("Hello world");
+		this.logger.info("Hello world");
 		String output = getOutput().trim();
 		assertTrue("Wrong output:\n" + output, output.contains("Hello world"));
 		assertFalse("Wrong output:\n" + output, output.contains("???"));
@@ -93,8 +95,7 @@ public class LoggingApplicationContextInitializerTests {
 					}
 				});
 		this.initializer.initialize(context);
-		Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(LoggingApplicationContextInitializerTests.class);
-		logger.info("Hello world");
+		this.logger.info("Hello world");
 		String output = getOutput().trim();
 		assertTrue("Wrong output:\n" + output, output.contains("Hello world"));
 		assertFalse("Wrong output:\n" + output, output.contains("???"));
diff --git a/spring-bootstrap/src/test/resources/logging.properties b/spring-bootstrap/src/test/resources/logging.properties
index 7a4284f47b..794320b54f 100644
--- a/spring-bootstrap/src/test/resources/logging.properties
+++ b/spring-bootstrap/src/test/resources/logging.properties
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ java.util.logging.FileHandler.limit = 50000
 java.util.logging.FileHandler.count = 1
 java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter = java.util.logging.XMLFormatter
 java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level = INFO
-java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter = java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter
+java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter = org.springframework.bootstrap.logging.StandardFormatter
+java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter.format = %4$s: %5$s [%1$tc]%n