diff --git a/src/changes/changes.xml b/src/changes/changes.xml
index d1ec201..19cdb4a 100644
--- a/src/changes/changes.xml
+++ b/src/changes/changes.xml
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ The <action> type attribute can be add,update,fix,remove.
       <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">
         Fix SpotBugs [ERROR] Medium: Switch statement found in org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SimpleLog.log(int, Object, Throwable) where default case is missing [org.apache.commons.logging.impl.SimpleLog] At SimpleLog.java:[lines 505-522] SF_SWITCH_NO_DEFAULT.
       </action>
+      <action type="fix" dev="ggregory" due-to="Gary Gregory">
+        Deprecate org.apache.commons.logging.impl.Jdk13LumberjackLogger.dummyLevel without replacement.
+      </action>
       <!-- UPDATE -->
       <action dev="ggregory" type="update" due-to="Gary Gregory">
         Bump Java from 6 to 8.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/Jdk13LumberjackLogger.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/Jdk13LumberjackLogger.java
index c8c59a1..ce66e4b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/Jdk13LumberjackLogger.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/commons/logging/impl/Jdk13LumberjackLogger.java
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ public class Jdk13LumberjackLogger implements Log, Serializable {
      * this class in a pre-1.4 JVM will result in an ExceptionInInitializerError.
      * It must not be private, as an optimizing compiler could detect that it
      * is not used and optimize it away.
+     *
+     * @deprecated No longer used.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     protected static final Level dummyLevel = Level.FINE;
 
     /**