diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/resources/log4j.properties b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/resources/log4j.properties
index 4a2e48011..1496c5a2c 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.pgm/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-log4j.rootLogger=WARNING, stderr
+log4j.rootLogger=WARN, stderr
 
 log4j.appender.stderr=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
 log4j.appender.stderr.Target=System.err