diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6b6542523a1..677aa197fe5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-      <version>2.5</version> <!-- 2.6+ occurred a compile error on Log4j2AbstractLoggerImpl (This compile error will resolve on other issue)  -->
+      <version>2.11.0</version>
       <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/logging/log4j2/Log4j2AbstractLoggerImpl.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/logging/log4j2/Log4j2AbstractLoggerImpl.java
index 52bde61a0fb..e8ac38d0d47 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/logging/log4j2/Log4j2AbstractLoggerImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/logging/log4j2/Log4j2AbstractLoggerImpl.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- *    Copyright 2009-2017 the original author or authors.
+ *    Copyright 2009-2018 the original author or authors.
  *
  *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Marker;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.MarkerManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.Message;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.message.SimpleMessage;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.spi.AbstractLogger;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.spi.ExtendedLoggerWrapper;
@@ -51,27 +52,27 @@ public boolean isTraceEnabled() {
 
   @Override
   public void error(String s, Throwable e) {
-    log.logIfEnabled(FQCN, Level.ERROR, MARKER, new SimpleMessage(s), e);
+    log.logIfEnabled(FQCN, Level.ERROR, MARKER, (Message) new SimpleMessage(s), e);
   }
 
   @Override
   public void error(String s) {
-    log.logIfEnabled(FQCN, Level.ERROR, MARKER, new SimpleMessage(s), null);
+    log.logIfEnabled(FQCN, Level.ERROR, MARKER, (Message) new SimpleMessage(s), null);
   }
 
   @Override
   public void debug(String s) {
-    log.logIfEnabled(FQCN, Level.DEBUG, MARKER, new SimpleMessage(s), null);
+    log.logIfEnabled(FQCN, Level.DEBUG, MARKER, (Message) new SimpleMessage(s), null);
   }
 
   @Override
   public void trace(String s) {
-    log.logIfEnabled(FQCN, Level.TRACE, MARKER, new SimpleMessage(s), null);
+    log.logIfEnabled(FQCN, Level.TRACE, MARKER, (Message) new SimpleMessage(s), null);
   }
 
   @Override
   public void warn(String s) {
-    log.logIfEnabled(FQCN, Level.WARN, MARKER, new SimpleMessage(s), null);
+    log.logIfEnabled(FQCN, Level.WARN, MARKER, (Message) new SimpleMessage(s), null);
   }
 
 }