diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 3287be692..ce5390a3a 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ language: scala
 jdk: oraclejdk8
 
 scala:
-  - 2.11.11
-  - 2.12.3
+  - 2.11.12
+  - 2.12.4
 
 script:
   - sbt -Dfile.encoding=UTF8 -J-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=256M "++$TRAVIS_SCALA_VERSION" mimaReportBinaryIssues scalafmt::test test:scalafmt::test test
diff --git a/internal/util-logging/src/main/scala/sbt/util/LogExchange.scala b/internal/util-logging/src/main/scala/sbt/util/LogExchange.scala
index 0c35c98ee..b5bb1cb56 100644
--- a/internal/util-logging/src/main/scala/sbt/util/LogExchange.scala
+++ b/internal/util-logging/src/main/scala/sbt/util/LogExchange.scala
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ sealed abstract class LogExchange {
       false,
       XLevel.DEBUG,
       name,
-      "true",
+      // disable the calculation of caller location as it is very expensive
+      // https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-153
+      "false",
       Array[AppenderRef](),
       null,
       config,
diff --git a/internal/util-logging/src/test/scala/ManagedLoggerSpec.scala b/internal/util-logging/src/test/scala/ManagedLoggerSpec.scala
index 8e9c905e1..56742b836 100644
--- a/internal/util-logging/src/test/scala/ManagedLoggerSpec.scala
+++ b/internal/util-logging/src/test/scala/ManagedLoggerSpec.scala
@@ -20,6 +20,18 @@ class ManagedLoggerSpec extends FlatSpec with Matchers {
     log.infoEvent(1)
   }
 
+  it should "validate performance improvement of disabling location calculation for async loggers" in {
+    val log = LogExchange.logger("foo")
+    LogExchange.bindLoggerAppenders("foo", List(LogExchange.asyncStdout -> Level.Info))
+    val before = System.currentTimeMillis()
+    1 to 10000 foreach { _ =>
+      log.debug("test")
+    }
+    val after = System.currentTimeMillis()
+
+    log.info(s"Peformance test took: ${after - before}ms")
+  }
+
   it should "support logging Throwable out of the box" in {
     import sbt.internal.util.codec.JsonProtocol._
     val log = LogExchange.logger("foo")
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 6cc640ddf..439ff5650 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ import Keys._
 import sbt.contraband.ContrabandPlugin.autoImport._
 
 object Dependencies {
-  val scala210 = "2.10.6"
-  val scala211 = "2.11.11"
-  val scala212 = "2.12.3"
+  val scala210 = "2.10.7"
+  val scala211 = "2.11.12"
+  val scala212 = "2.12.4"
 
-  private val ioVersion = "1.0.0"
+  private val ioVersion = "1.1.1"
 
   private val sbtIO = "org.scala-sbt" %% "io" % ioVersion
 
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index aa8c8024a..81ebe9957 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 addSbtPlugin("org.scala-sbt" % "sbt-houserules" % "0.3.3")
 addSbtPlugin("org.scala-sbt" % "sbt-contraband" % "0.3.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.typesafe" % "sbt-mima-plugin" % "0.1.17")
-addSbtPlugin("com.lucidchart" % "sbt-scalafmt" % "1.10")
+addSbtPlugin("com.lucidchart" % "sbt-scalafmt" % "1.14")