diff --git a/Mage.Client/pom.xml b/Mage.Client/pom.xml
index 18d54f76a7a..3dbe81fc391 100644
--- a/Mage.Client/pom.xml
+++ b/Mage.Client/pom.xml
@@ -40,18 +40,10 @@
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.java.truevfs</groupId>
             <artifactId>truevfs-profile-base</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.unbescape</groupId>
             <artifactId>unbescape</artifactId>
diff --git a/Mage.Common/pom.xml b/Mage.Common/pom.xml
index 9f5ccb0e013..14fa512b144 100644
--- a/Mage.Common/pom.xml
+++ b/Mage.Common/pom.xml
@@ -55,19 +55,6 @@
             <version>1.0.2</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
             <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
diff --git a/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Counter.Plugin/pom.xml b/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Counter.Plugin/pom.xml
index 483cdf4e6a0..a68381e5a00 100644
--- a/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Counter.Plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Counter.Plugin/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,6 @@
             <artifactId>mage-common</artifactId>
             <version>${mage-version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/Mage.Server.Console/pom.xml b/Mage.Server.Console/pom.xml
index 044320253bf..4628afb0de0 100644
--- a/Mage.Server.Console/pom.xml
+++ b/Mage.Server.Console/pom.xml
@@ -24,10 +24,6 @@
             <artifactId>swingx</artifactId>
             <version>1.6.1</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/Mage.Server.Plugins/Mage.Player.AI/pom.xml b/Mage.Server.Plugins/Mage.Player.AI/pom.xml
index 48086d621f8..db3e907f0ce 100644
--- a/Mage.Server.Plugins/Mage.Player.AI/pom.xml
+++ b/Mage.Server.Plugins/Mage.Player.AI/pom.xml
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
     <name>Mage Player AI</name>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>mage</artifactId>
diff --git a/Mage.Server.Plugins/Mage.Player.AIMCTS/pom.xml b/Mage.Server.Plugins/Mage.Player.AIMCTS/pom.xml
index ece840b665f..10e62a3e731 100644
--- a/Mage.Server.Plugins/Mage.Player.AIMCTS/pom.xml
+++ b/Mage.Server.Plugins/Mage.Player.AIMCTS/pom.xml
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
     <name>Mage Player AI MCTS</name>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>mage</artifactId>
diff --git a/Mage.Server.Plugins/Mage.Player.AIMinimax/pom.xml b/Mage.Server.Plugins/Mage.Player.AIMinimax/pom.xml
index 5e43462cba3..8b878dfacc3 100644
--- a/Mage.Server.Plugins/Mage.Player.AIMinimax/pom.xml
+++ b/Mage.Server.Plugins/Mage.Player.AIMinimax/pom.xml
@@ -15,10 +15,6 @@
     <name>Mage Player AI Minimax</name>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>mage</artifactId>
diff --git a/Mage.Server.Plugins/Mage.Player.Human/pom.xml b/Mage.Server.Plugins/Mage.Player.Human/pom.xml
index c4d102c8920..6aed2472706 100644
--- a/Mage.Server.Plugins/Mage.Player.Human/pom.xml
+++ b/Mage.Server.Plugins/Mage.Player.Human/pom.xml
@@ -25,11 +25,6 @@
             <artifactId>mage-common</artifactId>
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <scope>provided</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/Mage.Server/pom.xml b/Mage.Server/pom.xml
index 7b4df3812d7..f951213ed28 100644
--- a/Mage.Server/pom.xml
+++ b/Mage.Server/pom.xml
@@ -19,11 +19,6 @@
             <artifactId>mage</artifactId>
             <version>${mage-version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
-            <version>3.11</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>mage-common</artifactId>
@@ -34,25 +29,6 @@
             <artifactId>mage-sets</artifactId>
             <version>${mage-version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.2</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <!-- server xml config needs optional dependency for jaxb-impl -->
-            <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.2</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>mage-player-ai</artifactId>
@@ -83,12 +59,6 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
-            <version>[1.19,)</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>mage-game-commanderfreeforall</artifactId>
@@ -179,7 +149,6 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>mage-game-freeformcommanderfreeforall</artifactId>
@@ -198,7 +167,6 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>mage-game-oathbreakerduel</artifactId>
@@ -211,7 +179,6 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>mage-game-momirduel</artifactId>
@@ -224,6 +191,28 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
             <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+            <version>3.11</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.sun.xml.bind</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jaxb-impl</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <!-- server xml config needs optional dependency for jaxb-impl -->
+            <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
+            <version>[1.19,)</version>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.shiro</groupId>
             <artifactId>shiro-core</artifactId>
@@ -270,19 +259,11 @@
             <version>1.19.4</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
+            <!-- database support - sqlite db engine (additional db for game records and stats) -->
             <groupId>org.xerial</groupId>
             <artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
             <version>3.32.3.2</version>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <!-- Test dependencies -->
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.unbescape</groupId>
diff --git a/Mage.Sets/pom.xml b/Mage.Sets/pom.xml
index 8982ad941e6..b14b92ca739 100644
--- a/Mage.Sets/pom.xml
+++ b/Mage.Sets/pom.xml
@@ -21,15 +21,6 @@
             <artifactId>mage</artifactId>
             <version>${mage-version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/Mage.Tests/pom.xml b/Mage.Tests/pom.xml
index 3c9caf101ec..3c73adbaf39 100644
--- a/Mage.Tests/pom.xml
+++ b/Mage.Tests/pom.xml
@@ -47,14 +47,6 @@
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
             <artifactId>mage-game-freeforall</artifactId>
diff --git a/Mage.Verify/pom.xml b/Mage.Verify/pom.xml
index e27a1031c20..9084b90ba03 100644
--- a/Mage.Verify/pom.xml
+++ b/Mage.Verify/pom.xml
@@ -34,21 +34,12 @@
             <artifactId>mage-client</artifactId>
             <version>${mage-version}</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
             <version>[2.9.9.1,)</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.reflections</groupId>
             <artifactId>reflections</artifactId>
diff --git a/Mage/pom.xml b/Mage/pom.xml
index 5aa6179f4de..c704f8d6c88 100644
--- a/Mage/pom.xml
+++ b/Mage/pom.xml
@@ -14,17 +14,6 @@
     <name>Mage Framework</name>
 
     <dependencies>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <!-- WARNING, do not update db engine (stable: 1.4.197) cause compatibility issues, see https://github.com/h2database/h2database/issues/2078 -->
-            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
-            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
-            <version>1.4.197</version>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
@@ -33,15 +22,6 @@
             <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.j256.ormlite</groupId>
-            <artifactId>ormlite-jdbc</artifactId>
-            <version>5.6</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>junit</groupId>
-            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
             <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e3828019024..0ec273bff11 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
     <groupId>org.mage</groupId>
     <artifactId>mage-root</artifactId>
     <version>1.4.50</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>Mage Root</name>
     <description>Mage Root POM</description>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
@@ -101,6 +100,7 @@
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
     </build>
+
     <modules>
         <module>Mage</module>
         <module>Mage.Common</module>
@@ -155,16 +155,59 @@
         <sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>${project.basedir}/../${aggregate.report.dir}</sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths>
     </properties>
 
+    <dependencies>
+        <!-- GLOBAL dependencies - used in all xmage modules (no need to add it to child modules) -->
+        <dependency>
+            <!-- logs support (log4j as engine + slf4j as facade) -->
+            <!-- TODO: migrate from log4j to logback code usage (see SLF4J Migrator http://www.slf4j.org/migrator.html) -->
+            <!-- TODO: migrate log4j configs to logback xml (see properties to xml translation http://logback.qos.ch/translator/ -->
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+            <version>1.7.12</version>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <!-- database support - ORM -->
+            <groupId>com.j256.ormlite</groupId>
+            <artifactId>ormlite-jdbc</artifactId>
+            <version>5.6</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <!-- database support - H2 db engine (main db) -->
+            <!-- WARNING, do not update db engine (stable: 1.4.197) cause compatibility issues, see https://github.com/h2database/h2database/issues/2078 -->
+            <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+            <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+            <version>1.4.197</version>
+            <scope>runtime</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <!-- junit 4 tests -->
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.13.1</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <!-- junit 5 tests -->
+            <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+            <version>5.8.1</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <!-- write asserts in unit tests like a real language -->
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>3.19.0</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
     <dependencyManagement>
-        <!-- write libs from all childs here to control a versions -->
-        <!-- if you want to use it in the child module then copy groupId and artifactId only (without scope and version) -->
+        <!-- OTHER dependencies - you must add it to child modules manually (copy groupId and artifactId without scope and version) -->
+        <!-- write shared libs from all childs here to version control -->
         <dependencies>
-            <dependency>
-                <!-- logs support -->
-                <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-                <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-                <version>1.2.17</version>
-            </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <!-- json support -->
                 <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
@@ -195,28 +238,6 @@
                 <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
                 <version>3.12.0</version>
             </dependency>
-
-            <dependency>
-                <!-- junit 4 tests -->
-                <groupId>junit</groupId>
-                <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-                <version>4.13.1</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <!-- junit 5 tests -->
-                <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-                <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-                <version>5.8.1</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
-            </dependency>
-            <dependency>
-                <!-- write asserts in unit tests like a real language -->
-                <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-                <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-                <version>3.19.0</version>
-                <scope>test</scope>
-            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 </project>