diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d9a2c54917..262c0320b7 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ buildscript {
     ext.controlsfx_version = constants.getProperty("controlsfxVersion")
     ext.detekt_version = constants.getProperty('detektVersion')
     ext.docker_java_version = constants.getProperty("dockerJavaVersion")
+    ext.commons_configuration2_version = constants.getProperty("commonsConfiguration2Version")
     if (JavaVersion.current().isJava8()) {
         ext.fontawesomefx_commons_version = constants.getProperty("fontawesomefxCommonsJava8Version")
         ext.fontawesomefx_fontawesome_version = constants.getProperty("fontawesomefxFontawesomeJava8Version")
@@ -435,7 +436,17 @@ allprojects {
     configurations {
         all {
             resolutionStrategy {
-                // Demand that everything uses our given version of Netty.
+                // Force dependencies to use the same version of Kotlin as Corda.
+                force "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk7:$kotlin_version"
+                force "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-stdlib-jdk8:$kotlin_version"
+                force "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect:$kotlin_version"
+
+                // Force dependencies to use the same version of Guava as Corda.
+                force "com.google.guava:guava:$guava_version"
+
+                // Demand that everything uses our given versions of:
+                // * Netty
+                // * Apache commons-configuration2
                 eachDependency { details ->
                     if (details.requested.group == 'io.netty' && details.requested.name.startsWith('netty-')) {
                         if (details.requested.name.startsWith('netty-tcnative')) {
@@ -444,6 +455,10 @@ allprojects {
                             details.useVersion netty_version
                         }
                     }
+
+                    if (details.requested.group == 'org.apache.commons' && details.requested.name == "commons-configuration2") {
+                        details.useVersion commons_configuration2_version
+                    }
                 }
 
                 dependencySubstitution {
diff --git a/config/dev/log4j2.xml b/config/dev/log4j2.xml
index fda43c56e6..2fe01ad13a 100644
--- a/config/dev/log4j2.xml
+++ b/config/dev/log4j2.xml
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
             <AppenderRef ref="Console-ErrorCode-Selector"/>
             <AppenderRef ref="RollingFile-ErrorCode-Appender"/>
         </Logger>
-        <Logger name="org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server" level="info" additivity="false">
+        <Logger name="org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server" level="warn" additivity="false">
             <Filters>
                 <RegexFilter regex=".*AMQ222165.*" onMatch="DENY" onMismatch="NEUTRAL"/>
                 <RegexFilter regex=".*AMQ222166.*" onMatch="DENY" onMismatch="NEUTRAL"/>
diff --git a/constants.properties b/constants.properties
index 177ff91cd9..3f63879556 100644
--- a/constants.properties
+++ b/constants.properties
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ openSourceSamplesBranch=https://github.com/corda/samples/blob/release-V4
 jolokiaAgentVersion=1.6.1
 detektVersion=1.0.1
 tcnativeVersion=2.0.48.Final
+commonsConfiguration2Version=2.8.0
 
 # ENT-6607 all third party version in here now
 
diff --git a/testing/test-common/src/main/resources/log4j2-test.xml b/testing/test-common/src/main/resources/log4j2-test.xml
index f6a24d2f5b..12041ff680 100644
--- a/testing/test-common/src/main/resources/log4j2-test.xml
+++ b/testing/test-common/src/main/resources/log4j2-test.xml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
             <AppenderRef ref="Console-ErrorCode-Appender"/>
             <AppenderRef ref="RollingFile-ErrorCode-Appender"/>
         </Logger>
-        <Logger name="org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server" level="info" additivity="false">
+        <Logger name="org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.server" level="warn" additivity="false">
             <Filters>
                 <RegexFilter regex=".*AMQ222165.*" onMatch="DENY" onMismatch="NEUTRAL"/>
                 <RegexFilter regex=".*AMQ222166.*" onMatch="DENY" onMismatch="NEUTRAL"/>