diff --git a/recipes/log4cxx/all/conandata.yml b/recipes/log4cxx/all/conandata.yml
index 6e4b69d1303a5..5f5b6f75de86a 100644
--- a/recipes/log4cxx/all/conandata.yml
+++ b/recipes/log4cxx/all/conandata.yml
@@ -1,23 +1,46 @@
 sources:
+  "1.2.0":
+    url: "https://archive.apache.org/dist/logging/log4cxx/1.2.0/apache-log4cxx-1.2.0.tar.gz"
+    sha256: "09f4748aa5675ef5c0770bedbf5e00488668933c5a935a43ac5b85be2436c48a"
   "1.1.0":
     url: "https://archive.apache.org/dist/logging/log4cxx/1.1.0/apache-log4cxx-1.1.0.tar.gz"
     sha256: "1fc7d82697534184bc0f757348d969d24852b948f63d6b17283fd1ee29c2c28a"
+  "0.13.0":
+    url: "https://archive.apache.org/dist/logging/log4cxx/0.13.0/apache-log4cxx-0.13.0.tar.gz"
+    sha256: "4e5be64b6b1e6de8525f8b87635270b81f772a98902d20d7ac646fdf1ac08284"
   "0.12.1":
     url: "https://archive.apache.org/dist/logging/log4cxx/0.12.1/apache-log4cxx-0.12.1.tar.gz"
     sha256: "7bea5cb477f0e31c838f0e1f4f498cc3b30c2eae74703ddda923e7e8c2268d22"
-  "0.12.0":
-    url: "https://archive.apache.org/dist/logging/log4cxx/0.12.0/apache-log4cxx-0.12.0.tar.gz"
-    sha256: "bd5b5009ca914c8fa7944b92ea6b4ca6fb7d146f65d526f21bf8b3c6a0520e44"
 patches:
+  "1.2.0":
+    - patch_file: "patches/1.2.0-0001-find-apr.patch"
+      patch_description: "use cci's package name"
+      patch_type: "conan"
   "1.1.0":
     - patch_file: "patches/1.1.0-0001-find-apr.patch"
       patch_description: "use cci's package name"
       patch_type: "conan"
-  "0.12.1":
-    - patch_file: "patches/0.12.0-0001-find-apr.patch"
-      patch_description: "use cci's package name"
+  "0.13.0":
+    - patch_file: "patches/0.13.0-0001-find-apr.patch"
       patch_type: "conan"
-  "0.12.0":
-    - patch_file: "patches/0.12.0-0001-find-apr.patch"
+      patch_description: "Use conan generated apr, apr-util target names"
+    - patch_file: "patches/0.13.0-0001-logchar-type.patch"
+      patch_type: "bugfix"
+      patch_description: "Prevent compilation errors when with_wchar_t=False"
+      patch_source: "https://github.com/apache/logging-log4cxx/commit/5109466a844d1e5fb8b455a23077765a30325a24"
+    - patch_file: "patches/0.13.0-0001-visual-studio-15.patch"
+      patch_type: "bugfix"
+      patch_description: "Prevent Visual Studio 2017 compilation error"
+      patch_source: "https://github.com/apache/logging-log4cxx/commit/f59bf53f831b8b68ef3a2f3a6705ae626090758e"
+    - patch_file: "patches/0.13.0-0001-fix-static-library-compilation.patch"
+      patch_type: "bugfix"
+      patch_description: "Prevent compilation error when shared=False"
+      patch_source: "https://github.com/apache/logging-log4cxx/commit/09b5b723a1a210c28bf8b05b0676bb2b104359ba"
+  "0.12.1":
+    - patch_file: "patches/0.12.1-0001-find-apr.patch"
       patch_description: "use cci's package name"
       patch_type: "conan"
+    - patch_file: "patches/0.12.1-0001-logchar-type.patch"
+      patch_type: "bugfix"
+      patch_description: "Prevent compilation errors when with_wchar_t=False"
+      patch_source: "https://github.com/apache/logging-log4cxx/commit/5109466a844d1e5fb8b455a23077765a30325a24"
diff --git a/recipes/log4cxx/all/conanfile.py b/recipes/log4cxx/all/conanfile.py
index f7fedd1522a39..4429e3e63b17f 100644
--- a/recipes/log4cxx/all/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/log4cxx/all/conanfile.py
@@ -24,15 +24,44 @@ class Log4cxxConan(ConanFile):
     options = {
         "shared": [True, False],
         "fPIC": [True, False],
+        "char_type": ["utf-8", "wchar_t", "unichar"],
+        "char_encoding": ["utf-8", "locale"],
+        "with_networking": [True, False],
+        "with_wchar_t": [True, False],
+        "with_fmt_layout": [True, False],
+        "with_odbc_appender": [True, False],
+        "with_multiprocess_rolling_file_appender": [True, False],
+        "with_smtp_appender": [True, False],
+        "with_qt": [True, False],
+    }
+    options_description = {
+        "char_type": "The log4cxx internal character type (selects the std::basic_string template parameter used by log4cxx::LogString)",
+        "char_encoding": "The external character set used when writing to files",
+        "with_networking": "Include appenders that use network i/o",
+        "with_wchar_t": "Include wchar_t API methods in class interfaces",
+        "with_fmt_layout": "Include the log4cxx::FMTLayout class that uses libfmt to layout messages",
+        "with_odbc_appender": "Include the log4cxx::ODBCAppender that sends log events to a database",
+        "with_multiprocess_rolling_file_appender": "Include the appender that allows multiple applications to log to the same file",
+        "with_smtp_appender": "Include the appender that sends an e-mail when a specific logging event occurs",
+        "with_qt": "Allow QString values in the LOG4CXX_WARN, LOG4CXX_INFO, LOG4CXX_DEBUG etc. macros",
     }
     default_options = {
         "shared": False,
         "fPIC": True,
+        "char_type": "utf-8",
+        "char_encoding": "utf-8",
+        "with_networking": True,
+        "with_wchar_t": False,
+        "with_fmt_layout": False,
+        "with_odbc_appender": False,
+        "with_multiprocess_rolling_file_appender": False,
+        "with_smtp_appender": False,
+        "with_qt": False,
     }
 
     @property
     def _min_cppstd(self):
-        return 17
+        return 11
 
     @property
     def _compilers_minimum_version(self):
@@ -49,7 +78,14 @@ def export_sources(self):
 
     def config_options(self):
         if self.settings.os == "Windows":
-            del self.options.fPIC
+            self.options.rm_safe("fPIC")
+            self.options.rm_safe("with_smtp_appender") # *nix only
+        elif Version(self.version) <= "1.0.0": # SMTP appender is broken in version 0.12 through 1.0.0
+            self.options.rm_safe("with_smtp_appender")
+        if Version(self.version) < "1.0.0":
+            self.options.rm_safe("with_multiprocess_rolling_file_appender")
+            self.options.rm_safe("with_networking")
+            self.options.rm_safe("with_fmt_layout")
 
     def configure(self):
         if self.options.shared:
@@ -61,17 +97,31 @@ def layout(self):
     def requirements(self):
         self.requires("apr/1.7.4")
         self.requires("apr-util/1.6.1")
-        self.requires("expat/2.5.0")
-        if self.settings.os != "Windows":
+        if self.options.get_safe("with_odbc_appender") and self.settings.os != "Windows":
             self.requires("odbc/2.3.11")
+        if self.options.get_safe("with_smtp_appender"):
+            self.requires("libesmtp/1.1.0")
+        if self.options.get_safe("with_fmt_layout"):
+            self.requires("fmt/10.2.1")
+        if self.options.get_safe("with_qt"):
+            self.requires("qt/5.15.12")
 
     def validate(self):
-        # TODO: if compiler doesn't support C++17, boost can be used instead
-        if self.settings.compiler.get_safe("cppstd"):
-            check_min_cppstd(self, self._min_cppstd)
-        minimum_version = self._compilers_minimum_version.get(str(self.settings.compiler), False)
-        if minimum_version and Version(self.settings.compiler.version) < minimum_version:
-            raise ConanInvalidConfiguration(f"{self.ref} requires a compiler that supports at least C++{self._min_cppstd}")
+        if Version(self.version) < "1.0.0" or self.options.get_safe("with_multiprocess_rolling_file_appender"):
+            # TODO: if compiler doesn't support C++17, boost can be used instead
+            if Version(self.version) < "1.0.0":
+                self.output.info(f"Version {self.version} requires C++17. log4cxx version 1.x does not.")
+            else:
+                self.output.info("multiprocess rolling file appender requires C++17.")
+            minimum_version = self._compilers_minimum_version.get(str(self.settings.compiler), False)
+            compiler_version = Version(self.settings.compiler.version)
+            if compiler_version < minimum_version:
+                raise ConanInvalidConfiguration(f"{self.settings.compiler} {compiler_version} does not support C++17: {minimum_version} required.")
+            if self.settings.compiler.get_safe("cppstd"):
+                check_min_cppstd(self, "17")
+
+    def _patch_sources(self):
+        apply_conandata_patches(self)
 
     def build_requirements(self):
         if self.settings.os != "Windows":
@@ -79,15 +129,23 @@ def build_requirements(self):
                 self.tool_requires("pkgconf/2.0.3")
 
     def source(self):
-        # OSError: [WinError 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect:
-        # 'src\\test\\resources\\output\\xyz\\:'
-        pattern = "*[!:]"
-        get(self, **self.conan_data["sources"][self.version], strip_root=True, pattern=pattern)
+        get(self, **self.conan_data["sources"][self.version], strip_root=True)
 
     def generate(self):
         tc = CMakeToolchain(self)
-        tc.cache_variables["BUILD_TESTING"] = False
-        tc.cache_variables["LOG4CXX_INSTALL_PDB"] = False
+        tc.variables["BUILD_TESTING"] = False
+        tc.variables["LOG4CXX_INSTALL_PDB"] = False
+        if Version(self.version) >= "1.0.0":
+            tc.variables["LOG4CXX_NETWORKING_SUPPORT"] = self.options.with_networking
+            tc.variables["LOG4CXX_MULTIPROCESS_ROLLING_FILE_APPENDER"] = self.options.with_multiprocess_rolling_file_appender
+            tc.variables["ENABLE_FMT_LAYOUT"] = self.options.with_fmt_layout
+        if Version(self.version) > "1.0.0" and self.settings.os != "Windows":
+            tc.variables["LOG4CXX_ENABLE_ESMTP"] = self.options.with_smtp_appender
+        tc.variables["LOG4CXX_ENABLE_ODBC"] = self.options.with_odbc_appender
+        tc.variables["LOG4CXX_CHAR"] = self.options.char_type
+        tc.variables["LOG4CXX_CHARSET"] = self.options.char_encoding
+        tc.variables["LOG4CXX_WCHAR_T"] = self.options.with_wchar_t
+        tc.variables["LOG4CXX_QT_SUPPORT"] = self.options.with_qt
         tc.generate()
         tc = CMakeDeps(self)
         tc.generate()
@@ -141,3 +199,4 @@ def package_info(self):
         # TODO: to remove in conan v2 once cmake_find_package* & pkg_config generators removed
         self.cpp_info.build_modules["cmake_find_package"] = [self._module_file_rel_path]
         self.cpp_info.build_modules["cmake_find_package_multi"] = [self._module_file_rel_path]
+
diff --git a/recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/0.12.0-0001-find-apr.patch b/recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/0.12.1-0001-find-apr.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/0.12.0-0001-find-apr.patch
rename to recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/0.12.1-0001-find-apr.patch
diff --git a/recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/0.12.1-0001-logchar-type.patch b/recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/0.12.1-0001-logchar-type.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a59e3639553ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/0.12.1-0001-logchar-type.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- a/src/main/include/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/main/include/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -22,9 +22,18 @@ endif()
+ 
+ if(${LOG4CXX_CHAR} STREQUAL "unichar")
+   set(LOGCHAR_IS_UNICHAR 1)
++  set(LOGCHAR_IS_WCHAR 0)
++  set(LOGCHAR_IS_UTF8 0)
+ elseif(${LOG4CXX_CHAR} STREQUAL "wchar_t")
+   set(LOGCHAR_IS_WCHAR 1)
++  set(LOGCHAR_IS_UNICHAR 0)
++  set(LOGCHAR_IS_UTF8 0)
++elseif(${LOG4CXX_CHAR} STREQUAL "utf-8")
++    set(LOGCHAR_IS_UNICHAR 0)
++    set(LOGCHAR_IS_WCHAR 0)
++    set(LOGCHAR_IS_UTF8 1)
+ endif()
++
+ option(LOG4CXX_WCHAR_T "Enable wchar_t API methods" ON)
+ option(LOG4CXX_UNICHAR "Enable UniChar API methods" OFF)
+ set(INIT_IOS_BASE 0)
diff --git a/recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/0.13.0-0001-find-apr.patch b/recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/0.13.0-0001-find-apr.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..174331cfd2a57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/0.13.0-0001-find-apr.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -41,10 +41,12 @@ if(NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+ endif()
+ 
+ # Find Apache Runtime
+-find_package(APR REQUIRED)
++find_package(apr REQUIRED)
++set(APR_LIBRARIES apr::apr)
+ 
+ # Find Apache Runtime Utilities
+-find_package(APR-Util REQUIRED)
++find_package(apr-util REQUIRED)
++set(APR_UTIL_LIBRARIES apr-util::apr-util)
+ 
+ find_package( Threads REQUIRED )
+ 
diff --git a/recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/0.13.0-0001-fix-static-library-compilation.patch b/recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/0.13.0-0001-fix-static-library-compilation.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..53bcabf38e8da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/0.13.0-0001-fix-static-library-compilation.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- a/src/main/cpp/threadutility.cpp
++++ b/src/main/cpp/threadutility.cpp
+@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
+  */
+
+ #include "log4cxx/helpers/threadutility.h"
++#if !defined(LOG4CXX)
++       #define LOG4CXX 1
++#endif
+ #include "log4cxx/private/log4cxx_private.h"
+ #include "log4cxx/helpers/loglog.h"
+
diff --git a/recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/0.13.0-0001-logchar-type.patch b/recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/0.13.0-0001-logchar-type.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cb4669d6873b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/0.13.0-0001-logchar-type.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+diff --git a/src/main/cpp/threadutility.cpp b/src/main/cpp/threadutility.cpp
+index c14c12fd..057ecd86 100644
+--- a/src/main/cpp/threadutility.cpp
++++ b/src/main/cpp/threadutility.cpp
+@@ -113,11 +113,13 @@ void ThreadUtility::threadStartedNameThread(LogString threadName,
+ 							 std::thread::id /*threadId*/,
+ 							 std::thread::native_handle_type nativeHandle){
+ #if LOG4CXX_HAS_PTHREAD_SETNAME
+-	if( pthread_setname_np( static_cast<pthread_t>( nativeHandle ), threadName.c_str() ) < 0 ){
+-		LOGLOG_ERROR( LOG4CXX_STR("unable to set thread name") );
++	LOG4CXX_ENCODE_CHAR(sthreadName, threadName);
++	if (pthread_setname_np(static_cast<pthread_t>(nativeHandle), sthreadName.c_str()) < 0) {
++		LOGLOG_ERROR(LOG4CXX_STR("unable to set thread name"));
+ 	}
+ #elif LOG4CXX_HAS_SETTHREADDESCRIPTION
+-	HRESULT hr = SetThreadDescription(static_cast<HANDLE>(nativeHandle), threadName.c_str());
++	LOG4CXX_ENCODE_WCHAR(wthreadName, threadName);
++	HRESULT hr = SetThreadDescription(static_cast<HANDLE>(nativeHandle), wthreadName.c_str());
+ 	if(FAILED(hr)){
+ 		LOGLOG_ERROR( LOG4CXX_STR("unable to set thread name") );
+ 	}
+diff --git a/src/main/include/CMakeLists.txt b/src/main/include/CMakeLists.txt
+index e31443fb..32122e41 100644
+--- a/src/main/include/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/main/include/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -39,9 +39,18 @@ endif()
+ 
+ if(${LOG4CXX_CHAR} STREQUAL "unichar")
+   set(LOGCHAR_IS_UNICHAR 1)
++  set(LOGCHAR_IS_WCHAR 0)
++  set(LOGCHAR_IS_UTF8 0)
+ elseif(${LOG4CXX_CHAR} STREQUAL "wchar_t")
+   set(LOGCHAR_IS_WCHAR 1)
++  set(LOGCHAR_IS_UNICHAR 0)
++  set(LOGCHAR_IS_UTF8 0)
++elseif(${LOG4CXX_CHAR} STREQUAL "utf-8")
++    set(LOGCHAR_IS_UNICHAR 0)
++    set(LOGCHAR_IS_WCHAR 0)
++    set(LOGCHAR_IS_UTF8 1)
+ endif()
++
+ option(LOG4CXX_WCHAR_T "Enable wchar_t API methods" ON)
+ option(LOG4CXX_UNICHAR "Enable UniChar API methods" OFF)
+ set(INIT_IOS_BASE 0)
diff --git a/recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/0.13.0-0001-visual-studio-15.patch b/recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/0.13.0-0001-visual-studio-15.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..0c491ee579c3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/0.13.0-0001-visual-studio-15.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+diff --git a/src/main/cpp/threadutility.cpp b/src/main/cpp/threadutility.cpp
+index b57ab66..ef48704 100644
+--- a/src/main/cpp/threadutility.cpp
++++ b/src/main/cpp/threadutility.cpp
+@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@
+ #include <processthreadsapi.h>
+ #endif
+ 
+-using log4cxx::helpers::ThreadUtility;
++namespace log4cxx
++{
++namespace helpers
++{
++
+ 
+ struct ThreadUtility::priv_data{
+ 	priv_data(){
+@@ -36,9 +40,9 @@ struct ThreadUtility::priv_data{
+ 		start_post = nullptr;
+ 	}
+ 
+-	log4cxx::helpers::ThreadStartPre start_pre;
+-	log4cxx::helpers::ThreadStarted started;
+-	log4cxx::helpers::ThreadStartPost start_post;
++	ThreadStartPre start_pre;
++	ThreadStarted started;
++	ThreadStartPost start_post;
+ };
+ 
+ #if LOG4CXX_HAS_PTHREAD_SIGMASK
+@@ -138,14 +142,18 @@ void ThreadUtility::postThreadUnblockSignals(){
+ }
+ 
+ 
+-log4cxx::helpers::ThreadStartPre ThreadUtility::preStartFunction(){
++ThreadStartPre ThreadUtility::preStartFunction(){
+ 	return m_priv->start_pre;
+ }
+ 
+-log4cxx::helpers::ThreadStarted ThreadUtility::threadStartedFunction(){
++ThreadStarted ThreadUtility::threadStartedFunction(){
+ 	return m_priv->started;
+ }
+ 
+-log4cxx::helpers::ThreadStartPost ThreadUtility::postStartFunction(){
++ThreadStartPost ThreadUtility::postStartFunction(){
+ 	return m_priv->start_post;
+ }
++
++} //namespace helpers
++} //namespace log4cxx
++
diff --git a/recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/1.2.0-0001-find-apr.patch b/recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/1.2.0-0001-find-apr.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..03f1b1478ec0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/log4cxx/all/patches/1.2.0-0001-find-apr.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
+index 61c0479..6ac3e77 100644
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -51,16 +51,18 @@ endif()
+ 
+ # Find Apache Runtime
+ option(APR_STATIC "Link to the APR static library" OFF)
+-find_package(APR REQUIRED)
++find_package(apr REQUIRED)
++set(APR_LIBRARIES apr::apr)
+ 
+ # Find Apache Runtime Utilities
+ option(APU_STATIC "Link to the APR-Util static library" OFF)
+-find_package(APR-Util REQUIRED)
++find_package(apr-util REQUIRED)
++set(APR_UTIL_LIBRARIES apr-util::apr-util)
+ 
+ find_package( Threads REQUIRED )
+ 
+ # Find expat for XML parsing
+-find_package(EXPAT REQUIRED)
++find_package(EXPAT REQUIRED MODULE)
+ if(TARGET EXPAT::EXPAT)
+   set(EXPAT_LIBRARIES EXPAT::EXPAT)
+ elseif(TARGET expat::expat)
diff --git a/recipes/log4cxx/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt b/recipes/log4cxx/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
index a9ec878c74ebe..da8e02ac1cd82 100644
--- a/recipes/log4cxx/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/recipes/log4cxx/all/test_package/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ project(test_package LANGUAGES CXX)
 find_package(log4cxx REQUIRED CONFIG)
 
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} test_package.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} log4cxx)
 target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC cxx_std_17)
+target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${log4cxx_INCLUDE_DIR})
+target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE log4cxx )
diff --git a/recipes/log4cxx/all/test_package/conanfile.py b/recipes/log4cxx/all/test_package/conanfile.py
index 382876561a203..c27e4673f4ff9 100644
--- a/recipes/log4cxx/all/test_package/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/log4cxx/all/test_package/conanfile.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from conan.tools.cmake import cmake_layout, CMake
 import os
 
-
 class TestPackageConan(ConanFile):
     settings = "os", "arch", "compiler", "build_type"
     generators = "CMakeDeps", "CMakeToolchain", "VirtualRunEnv"
@@ -22,6 +21,7 @@ def build(self):
 
     def test(self):
         if can_run(self):
-            bin_path = os.path.join(self.cpp.build.bindir, "test_package")
             config_xml_name = os.path.join(self.source_folder, "log4cxx_config.xml")
-            self.run(f"{bin_path} {config_xml_name}", env="conanrun")
+            bin_path = os.path.join(self.cpp.build.bindirs[0], "test_package")
+            self.run("{} {}".format(bin_path, config_xml_name), env="conanrun")
+
diff --git a/recipes/log4cxx/all/test_package/test_package.cpp b/recipes/log4cxx/all/test_package/test_package.cpp
index 4e52b04611957..41abd554c33f4 100644
--- a/recipes/log4cxx/all/test_package/test_package.cpp
+++ b/recipes/log4cxx/all/test_package/test_package.cpp
@@ -1,20 +1,18 @@
-#include "log4cxx/logger.h"
+#include "log4cxx/logmanager.h"
 #include "log4cxx/xml/domconfigurator.h"
 
 #include <iostream>
 
-using namespace log4cxx;
-using namespace log4cxx::xml;
-
 int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
 {
-    LoggerPtr logger(Logger::getLogger("TEST"));
     if (argc < 2) {
-        std::cerr << "Expected path to config xml\n";
+        std::cerr << "Usage error. Expected an argument, the path to a xml configuration file\n";
         return -1;
     }
-    DOMConfigurator::configure(argv[1]);
-    LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "App started!");
-    LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Some error!");
+    log4cxx::xml::DOMConfigurator::configure(argv[1]);
+    auto logger = log4cxx::LogManager::getLogger("TEST");
+    LOG4CXX_INFO(logger, "App started");
+    LOG4CXX_ERROR(logger, "Information message");
+    log4cxx::LogManager::shutdown();
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/recipes/log4cxx/config.yml b/recipes/log4cxx/config.yml
index 18729d7b4cdc5..fb792fbdf460c 100644
--- a/recipes/log4cxx/config.yml
+++ b/recipes/log4cxx/config.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 versions:
+  "1.2.0":
+    folder: all
   "1.1.0":
     folder: all
-  "0.12.1":
+  "0.13.0":
     folder: all
-  "0.12.0":
+  "0.12.1":
     folder: all