diff --git a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-2.17/library/README.md b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-2.17/library/README.md
index 9da7e800ec96..4b765b1d4a36 100644
--- a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-2.17/library/README.md
+++ b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-2.17/library/README.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ The following demonstrates how you might configure the appender in your `log4j.x
 
 ```xml
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Configuration status="WARN" packages="io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.log4j.appender.v2_17">
+<Configuration status="WARN">
   <Appenders>
     <Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
       <PatternLayout
diff --git a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-2.17/library/build.gradle.kts b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-2.17/library/build.gradle.kts
index 640d90b2996d..a93a67fc67b6 100644
--- a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-2.17/library/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-2.17/library/build.gradle.kts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 
 dependencies {
   library("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.17.0")
+  annotationProcessor("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.17.0")
 
   testImplementation("io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-sdk-testing")
 
diff --git a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-2.17/library/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-2.17/library/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
index 818a1c3623c8..cd4610375e1f 100644
--- a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-2.17/library/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
+++ b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-appender-2.17/library/src/test/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Configuration status="WARN"
-  packages="com.example.appender,io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.log4j.appender.v2_17">
+<Configuration status="WARN">
   <Appenders>
     <Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
       <PatternLayout
diff --git a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-context-data/log4j-context-data-common/testing/src/main/resources/log4j2-test.xml b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-context-data/log4j-context-data-common/testing/src/main/resources/log4j2-test.xml
index 9394620bef1d..fce95a4f693a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-context-data/log4j-context-data-common/testing/src/main/resources/log4j2-test.xml
+++ b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-context-data/log4j-context-data-common/testing/src/main/resources/log4j2-test.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<Configuration status="WARN" packages="com.example.appender">
+<Configuration status="WARN">
   <Appenders>
     <Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
       <PatternLayout pattern="%d{HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36} traceId: %X{trace_id} spanId: %X{span_id} flags: %X{trace_flags} baggage.baggage_key: %X{baggage.baggage_key} - %msg%n" />