diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index 8e1b828..6aa8abe 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -29,21 +29,39 @@
   <properties>
     <protobuf-maven-plugin.version>0.6.1</protobuf-maven-plugin.version>
 
-    <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
+    <junit-bom.version>5.14.4</junit-bom.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.18</slf4j.version>
   </properties>
 
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.junit</groupId>
+        <artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
+        <version>${junit-bom.version}</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.ratis</groupId>
       <artifactId>ratis-thirdparty-misc</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>${junit.version}</version>
+      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/test/src/test/java/org/apache/ratis/thirdparty/demo/grpc/GrpcSslTest.java b/test/src/test/java/org/apache/ratis/thirdparty/demo/grpc/GrpcSslTest.java
index 1888219..0ffa816 100644
--- a/test/src/test/java/org/apache/ratis/thirdparty/demo/grpc/GrpcSslTest.java
+++ b/test/src/test/java/org/apache/ratis/thirdparty/demo/grpc/GrpcSslTest.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -20,20 +20,17 @@
 import org.apache.ratis.thirdparty.demo.common.SslClientConfig;
 import org.apache.ratis.thirdparty.demo.common.SslServerConfig;
 import org.apache.ratis.thirdparty.demo.common.TestUtils;
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.util.Optional;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
 public class GrpcSslTest {
   private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GrpcSslTest.class);
 
-
   @Test
   public void testSslClientServer() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
     final int port = TestUtils.randomPort();
@@ -55,7 +52,7 @@ public void testSslClientServer() throws InterruptedException, IOException {
       String user = "testuser";
       String response = client.greet(user);
       LOG.info("Greet result: {}", response);
-      Assert.assertEquals("Hello " + user, response);
+      assertEquals("Hello " + user, response);
     } finally {
       client.shutdown();
     }
diff --git a/test/src/test/java/org/apache/ratis/thirdparty/demo/grpc/GrpcTest.java b/test/src/test/java/org/apache/ratis/thirdparty/demo/grpc/GrpcTest.java
index 1aabd00..9b77119 100644
--- a/test/src/test/java/org/apache/ratis/thirdparty/demo/grpc/GrpcTest.java
+++ b/test/src/test/java/org/apache/ratis/thirdparty/demo/grpc/GrpcTest.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -18,22 +18,20 @@
 package org.apache.ratis.thirdparty.demo.grpc;
 
 import org.apache.ratis.thirdparty.demo.common.TestUtils;
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
 /**
  * Unit test for demo gRPC client/server with ratis thirdparty.
  */
-@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
 public class GrpcTest {
-
   private final static Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(GrpcTest.class);
+
   @Test
   public void testClientServer() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
     final int port = TestUtils.randomPort();
@@ -46,7 +44,7 @@ public void testClientServer() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
       String user = "testuser";
       String response = client.greet(user);
       LOG.info("Greet result: {}", response);
-      Assert.assertEquals("Hello " + user, response);
+      assertEquals("Hello " + user, response);
     } finally {
       client.shutdown();
     }
diff --git a/test/src/test/java/org/apache/ratis/thirdparty/demo/netty/NettySslTest.java b/test/src/test/java/org/apache/ratis/thirdparty/demo/netty/NettySslTest.java
index 3459b81..f1deda8 100644
--- a/test/src/test/java/org/apache/ratis/thirdparty/demo/netty/NettySslTest.java
+++ b/test/src/test/java/org/apache/ratis/thirdparty/demo/netty/NettySslTest.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@
 import org.apache.ratis.thirdparty.demo.common.TestUtils;
 import org.apache.ratis.thirdparty.io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import org.apache.ratis.thirdparty.io.netty.handler.ssl.SslContext;
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -32,6 +31,8 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
 /**
  * Unit test for demo netty client/server with ratis thirdparty.
  */
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ static void testNetty(int port, SslServerConfig serverSslConf, SslClientConfig c
         final CompletableFuture<String> future = replyFutures.get(i);
         final String reply = future.get(3, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
         LOG.info(reply);
-        Assert.assertEquals(NettyServer.toReply(words[i]), reply);
+        assertEquals(NettyServer.toReply(words[i]), reply);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/src/test/java/org/apache/ratis/thirdparty/demo/proto/ProtoUtilTest.java b/test/src/test/java/org/apache/ratis/thirdparty/demo/proto/ProtoUtilTest.java
index 0f8b4b0..caa4b79 100644
--- a/test/src/test/java/org/apache/ratis/thirdparty/demo/proto/ProtoUtilTest.java
+++ b/test/src/test/java/org/apache/ratis/thirdparty/demo/proto/ProtoUtilTest.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/**
+/*
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
  * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
  * distributed with this work for additional information
@@ -18,15 +18,13 @@
 package org.apache.ratis.thirdparty.demo.proto;
 
 import org.apache.ratis.thirdparty.com.google.protobuf.util.JsonFormat;
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
 /**
  * Unit test for ensure that protobuf-java-util is properly shaded as ratis thirdparty.
  */
-@RunWith(JUnit4.class)
 public class ProtoUtilTest {
 
     @Test
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ public void testJsonFormatPrinter() throws Exception {
         final String expected = "{\n" +
             "  \"name\": \"ratis\"\n" +
             "}";
-        Assert.assertEquals(expected, actual);
+        assertEquals(expected, actual);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/test/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/test/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index 3bf1619..7b26ce9 100644
--- a/test/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/test/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
 #   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 #   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 #   limitations under the License.
-# log4j configuration used during build and unit tests
+
+# log4j configuration used in unit tests
 
 log4j.rootLogger=INFO,stdout
 log4j.threshold=ALL
@@ -18,6 +19,3 @@ log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
 log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ISO8601} [%t] %-5p %c{2} (%F:%M(%L)) - %m%n
 
 log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.util.NativeCodeLoader=ERROR
-
-# for debugging low level Ozone operations, uncomment this line
-# log4j.logger.org.apache.hadoop.ozone=DEBUG