diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 16e82c3..91f7809 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -68,12 +68,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.github.elf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>elf4j-engine</artifactId>
-            <version>1.1.0</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
-            <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
-            <version>2.10.1</version>
+            <version>1.1.3</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
@@ -105,23 +100,6 @@
             <version>1.18.26</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.2</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
-            <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
-            <version>4.2.0</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
-            <artifactId>awaitility-proxy</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1.6</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/elf4j-test.properties b/src/test/resources/elf4j-test.properties
index 672ef8b..9d7cbcd 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/elf4j-test.properties
+++ b/src/test/resources/elf4j-test.properties
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 ### Any level is optional, default to TRACE if omitted
 ### This override the default global level
 level=info
+standard.stream=stderr
 ### These override level of all caller classes included the specified package
 level@org.springframework=warn
 ### Any writer is optional, default to a single standard writer if no writer configured