diff --git a/package/log4cxx/Config.in b/package/log4cxx/Config.in
index d9daf27eb6..8305217a48 100644
--- a/package/log4cxx/Config.in
+++ b/package/log4cxx/Config.in
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LOG4CXX
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST if !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_ATOMIC if !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_CHRONO if !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_DATE_TIME if !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BOOST_THREAD if !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_AT_LEAST_7
 	help
 	  Apache log4cxx is a logging framework for C++ patterned
diff --git a/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.hash b/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.hash
index d9e9af18cf..f6770e287c 100644
--- a/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.hash
+++ b/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# From https://downloads.apache.org/logging/log4cxx/1.3.1/apache-log4cxx-1.3.1.tar.gz.sha512
-sha512  0956fd034fd1a98d2e48ed461578c1e85da02d176850a580195b6a60b959feaf402a2743cc84ccb5d467dd924ee46422b8a7b39d2be9ee131e4e275e65ba839c  apache-log4cxx-1.3.1.tar.gz
+# From https://downloads.apache.org/logging/log4cxx/1.6.1/apache-log4cxx-1.6.1.tar.gz.sha512
+sha512  6ee406314bd7ab02a46c98cc8a0d5ad5aec8928a23716a81a152775ca315cd3b950d600b2e221d5b4a88416ae9bbda1215fae43626107feea4df2f3e074303ad  apache-log4cxx-1.6.1.tar.gz
 # Locally computed
 sha256  cfc7749b96f63bd31c3c42b5c471bf756814053e847c10f3eb003417bc523d30  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.mk b/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.mk
index 4b85adbf92..57f9b1e844 100644
--- a/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.mk
+++ b/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LOG4CXX_VERSION = 1.3.1
+LOG4CXX_VERSION = 1.6.1
 LOG4CXX_SITE = https://archive.apache.org/dist/logging/log4cxx/$(LOG4CXX_VERSION)
 LOG4CXX_SOURCE = apache-log4cxx-$(LOG4CXX_VERSION).tar.gz
 LOG4CXX_INSTALL_STAGING = YES