diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aa84828..13a9c03 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ under the License.
       <artifactId>plexus-component-annotations</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
+    <!-- logging -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7.36</version>
+    </dependency>
+
     <!-- test -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.maven.doxia</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/DefaultBookDoxia.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/DefaultBookDoxia.java
index 82730d1..53911b0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/DefaultBookDoxia.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/DefaultBookDoxia.java
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@
 import org.apache.maven.doxia.book.services.validation.ValidationResult;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -45,9 +46,10 @@
  */
 @Component( role = BookDoxia.class )
 public class DefaultBookDoxia
-    extends AbstractLogEnabled
     implements BookDoxia
 {
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger( DefaultBookDoxia.class );
+
     @Requirement
     private BookIo bookIo;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/indexer/DefaultBookIndexer.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/indexer/DefaultBookIndexer.java
index f29d02f..19215da 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/indexer/DefaultBookIndexer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/indexer/DefaultBookIndexer.java
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
 import org.apache.maven.doxia.parser.manager.ParserNotFoundException;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Default implementation of BookIndexer.
@@ -45,9 +46,10 @@
  */
 @Component( role = BookIndexer.class )
 public class DefaultBookIndexer
-    extends AbstractLogEnabled
     implements BookIndexer
 {
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger( DefaultBookIndexer.class );
+
     @Requirement
     private Doxia doxia;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/io/DefaultBookIo.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/io/DefaultBookIo.java
index a55a7d4..c0f64e0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/io/DefaultBookIo.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/io/DefaultBookIo.java
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.IOUtil;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.ReaderFactory;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlPullParserException;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -48,9 +49,10 @@
  */
 @Component( role = BookIo.class )
 public class DefaultBookIo
-    extends AbstractLogEnabled
     implements BookIo
 {
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger( DefaultBookIo.class );
+
     @Requirement
     private SiteModuleManager siteModuleManager;
 
@@ -127,9 +129,9 @@ else if ( name.endsWith( extension ) )
             }
         }
 
-        if ( getLogger().isDebugEnabled() )
+        if ( LOGGER.isDebugEnabled() )
         {
-            getLogger().debug( "Dumping document <-> id mapping:" );
+            LOGGER.debug( "Dumping document <-> id mapping:" );
 
             Map<String, BookContext.BookFile> map = new TreeMap<>( context.getFiles() );
 
@@ -137,7 +139,7 @@ else if ( name.endsWith( extension ) )
             {
                 BookContext.BookFile file = entry.getValue();
 
-                getLogger().debug( " " + entry.getKey() + "=" + file.getFile() + ", parser: " + file.getParserId() );
+                LOGGER.debug( " " + entry.getKey() + "=" + file.getFile() + ", parser: " + file.getParserId() );
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/AbstractITextBookRenderer.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/AbstractITextBookRenderer.java
index 9eefd52..485e13d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/AbstractITextBookRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/AbstractITextBookRenderer.java
@@ -38,11 +38,12 @@
 import org.apache.maven.doxia.parser.manager.ParserNotFoundException;
 import org.apache.maven.doxia.sink.Sink;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.IOUtil;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.ReaderFactory;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.WriterFactory;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.PrettyPrintXMLWriter;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * Base class for <code>iText</code> renderer.
@@ -52,9 +53,9 @@
  * @version $Id$
  */
 public abstract class AbstractITextBookRenderer
-    extends AbstractLogEnabled
     implements BookRenderer
 {
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger( AbstractITextBookRenderer.class );
     @Requirement
     private Doxia doxia;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/DocbookBookRenderer.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/DocbookBookRenderer.java
index a4097d1..372f982 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/DocbookBookRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/DocbookBookRenderer.java
@@ -37,11 +37,12 @@
 import org.apache.maven.doxia.sink.Sink;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.IOUtil;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.ReaderFactory;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.WriterFactory;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * An implementation of <code>BookRenderer</code> for docbook
@@ -51,9 +52,10 @@
  */
 @Component( role = BookRenderer.class, hint = "doc-book" )
 public class DocbookBookRenderer
-    extends AbstractLogEnabled
     implements BookRenderer
 {
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger( DocbookBookRenderer.class );
+
     @Requirement
     private Doxia doxia;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/PdfBookRenderer.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/PdfBookRenderer.java
index 2d0e9b9..64685ae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/PdfBookRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/PdfBookRenderer.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 import org.apache.maven.doxia.module.itext.ITextUtil;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * PDF book renderer with the <code>iText</code> framework.
@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@
 public class PdfBookRenderer
     extends AbstractITextBookRenderer
 {
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger( PdfBookRenderer.class );
+
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     public String getOutputExtension()
     {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/RtfBookRenderer.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/RtfBookRenderer.java
index 2e6954d..9462878 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/RtfBookRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/RtfBookRenderer.java
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 import org.apache.maven.doxia.module.itext.ITextUtil;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * RTF book renderer with the <code>iText</code> framework.
@@ -37,6 +39,8 @@
 public class RtfBookRenderer
     extends AbstractITextBookRenderer
 {
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger( RtfBookRenderer.class );
+
     /** {@inheritDoc} */
     public String getOutputExtension()
     {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/XHtmlBookRenderer.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/XHtmlBookRenderer.java
index f0b2f82..23870e1 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/XHtmlBookRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/XHtmlBookRenderer.java
@@ -31,9 +31,10 @@
 import org.apache.maven.doxia.parser.ParseException;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.IOUtil;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.ReaderFactory;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
@@ -50,9 +51,10 @@
  */
 @Component( role = BookRenderer.class, hint = "xhtml" )
 public class XHtmlBookRenderer
-    extends AbstractLogEnabled
     implements BookRenderer
 {
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger( XHtmlBookRenderer.class );
+
     @Requirement
     private Doxia doxia;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/XdocBookRenderer.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/XdocBookRenderer.java
index a58c51c..8fcf34c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/XdocBookRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/renderer/XdocBookRenderer.java
@@ -44,10 +44,11 @@
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Requirement;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.i18n.I18N;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.IOUtil;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.ReaderFactory;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.WriterFactory;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
  * An implementation of <code>BookRenderer</code> for Xdoc
@@ -58,9 +59,10 @@
  */
 @Component( role = BookRenderer.class, hint = "xdoc" )
 public class XdocBookRenderer
-    extends AbstractLogEnabled
     implements BookRenderer
 {
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger( XdocBookRenderer.class );
+
     @Requirement
     private Doxia doxia;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/validation/DefaultBookValidator.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/validation/DefaultBookValidator.java
index 3ba4596..ee949e8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/validation/DefaultBookValidator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/doxia/book/services/validation/DefaultBookValidator.java
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@
  */
 
 import org.codehaus.plexus.component.annotations.Component;
-import org.codehaus.plexus.logging.AbstractLogEnabled;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.StringUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 import org.apache.maven.doxia.book.model.BookModel;
 import org.apache.maven.doxia.book.model.Chapter;
 
@@ -33,9 +35,10 @@
  */
 @Component( role = BookValidator.class )
 public class DefaultBookValidator
-    extends AbstractLogEnabled
     implements BookValidator
 {
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger( DefaultBookValidator.class );
+
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------
     // BookValidator Implementation
     // ----------------------------------------------------------------------