diff --git a/package/log4cxx/0001-boost-fallback-only-check-for-boost-if-really-needed.patch b/package/log4cxx/0001-boost-fallback-only-check-for-boost-if-really-needed.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 7df29ea120..0000000000
--- a/package/log4cxx/0001-boost-fallback-only-check-for-boost-if-really-needed.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-From 24e7adc8d67b3c8f7d275b4f9a7e70a61b73fcd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Peter Seiderer <ps.report@gmx.net>
-Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 13:11:01 +0100
-Subject: [PATCH] boost-fallback: only check for boost if really needed
-
-- only check for boost if really needed (in case of legacy c++ standard < c++17)
-
-Signed-off-by: Peter Seiderer <ps.report@gmx.net>
----
- src/cmake/boost-fallback/boost-fallback.cmake | 3 +++
- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
-
-diff --git a/src/cmake/boost-fallback/boost-fallback.cmake b/src/cmake/boost-fallback/boost-fallback.cmake
-index 8285b0b9..0ecf8c6c 100644
---- a/src/cmake/boost-fallback/boost-fallback.cmake
-+++ b/src/cmake/boost-fallback/boost-fallback.cmake
-@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ try_compile(STD_SHARED_PTR_FOUND "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/boost-fallback-compile-tes
- try_compile(STD_ATOMIC_FOUND "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/boost-fallback-compile-tests"
-     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/test-stdatomic.cpp")
- 
-+# search for boost only in case needed for legacy c++ standard < c++17
-+if(NOT ${STD_THREAD_FOUND} OR NOT ${STD_MUTEX_FOUND} OR NOT ${STD_SHARED_MUTEX_FOUND} OR NOT ${STD_SHARED_PTR_FOUND} OR NOT ${STD_ATOMIC_FOUND})
- find_package(Boost COMPONENTS thread)
- if( ${Boost_FOUND} )
-     try_compile(Boost_SHARED_PTR_FOUND "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/boost-fallback-compile-tests"
-@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ if( ${Boost_FOUND} )
-     try_compile(Boost_ATOMIC_FOUND "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/boost-fallback-compile-tests"
-         "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/test-boostatomic.cpp")
- endif( ${Boost_FOUND} )
-+endif()
- 
- # Link the target with the appropriate boost libraries(if required)
- function(boostfallback_link target)
--- 
-2.34.1
-
diff --git a/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.hash b/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.hash
index 12633c8e57..8190f94aa3 100644
--- a/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.hash
+++ b/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# From https://www.apache.org/dist/logging/log4cxx/0.12.1/apache-log4cxx-0.12.1.tar.gz.sha512
-sha512  807058734cebf7c92e99484313becbc6be63e48bd930889c733318bb78dfec498b66aaa12255ed30879abb005b32e2b965f9dd87ec50d0421ca067f3f66280d9  apache-log4cxx-0.12.1.tar.gz
+# From https://www.apache.org/dist/logging/log4cxx/0.13.0/apache-log4cxx-0.13.0.tar.gz.sha512
+sha512  2a5f4fecc0415d942658c588774f0666082c497b6fd49bf64ab3328a997775206788c9b10a8c89208896c57da52fcc12c18d5d11ca1d3bf699e4633b8fcea6e5  apache-log4cxx-0.13.0.tar.gz
 # Locally computed
 sha256  cfc7749b96f63bd31c3c42b5c471bf756814053e847c10f3eb003417bc523d30  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.mk b/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.mk
index d20cc792a6..f50267d737 100644
--- a/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.mk
+++ b/package/log4cxx/log4cxx.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LOG4CXX_VERSION = 0.12.1
+LOG4CXX_VERSION = 0.13.0
 LOG4CXX_SITE = https://archive.apache.org/dist/logging/log4cxx/$(LOG4CXX_VERSION)
 LOG4CXX_SOURCE = apache-log4cxx-$(LOG4CXX_VERSION).tar.gz
 LOG4CXX_INSTALL_STAGING = YES