diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index eda5709ad85..891e50f05ac 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -199,10 +199,8 @@ dependencies {
     }
     */
 
-    compile group: 'com.microsoft.azure', name: 'applicationinsights-core', version: '2.4.1'
-    compile (group: 'com.microsoft.azure', name: 'applicationinsights-logging-log4j2', version: '2.4.1') {
-        exclude module: "log4j-core"
-    }
+    compile group: 'com.microsoft.azure', name: 'applicationinsights-core', version: '2.5.0'
+
 
     testCompile 'junit:junit:4.12'
     testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter:5.5.2'
diff --git a/src/main/java/module-info.java b/src/main/java/module-info.java
index d008a5d597c..067b54aa547 100644
--- a/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     requires org.apache.logging.log4j;
     requires org.apache.logging.log4j.core;
     requires org.apache.logging.log4j.plugins;
-    requires applicationinsights.logging.log4j2;
     provides org.apache.logging.log4j.plugins.processor.PluginService
             with org.jabref.gui.logging.plugins.Log4jPlugins;