I am bit confused why my log4j2 logging levels and appenders dont seem to work as I expect. Let me give the details.

Project Structure:

Main.java :

package com.my.sample.MySampleProject;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
import com.my.sample.package2.MyPackage2Class;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;

public class Main {

    private static Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(Main.class);

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        logger.debug("Debug log message");
        logger.info("Info log message");
        logger.error("Error log message");
        
        MyPackage2Class classPack2 = new MyPackage2Class();
        classPack2.printStatement();

    }
} 

MyPackage2Class.java

package com.my.sample.package2;

import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;



public class MyPackage2Class {
    
    private static Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger("MyLoggerPackage2");
    
    public void printStatement() {
        logger.debug("Package2 Debug log message");
        logger.info("Package2 Info log message");
        logger.error("Package2 Error log message");
    }
    
    

    
}

log4j2.properties

# Direct log messages to STDOUT
appender.console.type = Console
appender.console.name = STDOUT
appender.console.layout.type = PatternLayout
appender.console.layout.pattern = [%-5level] %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %c{1} - %msg%n

# Direct to a file
appender.file.type = File
appender.file.name = LOGFILE
appender.file.fileName = sample/logs/log4j2.log
appender.file.layout.type = PatternLayout
appender.file.layout.pattern = [%-5level] %d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %c{1} - %msg%n


log4j.logger.MyLoggerPackage2=ERROR, STDOUT
log4j.additivity.MyLoggerPackage2=false

# Root Logger
rootLogger=INFO, STDOUT, LOGFILE

So basically root logger set to INFO level with appender STDOUT, LOGFILE

MyLoggerPackage2 logger set to ERROR level with appender STDOUT with additivity false

So I should expect only ERROR level logs for MyPackage2Class in console only.

But in console I see:

[INFO ] 2024-06-19 11:19:12.769 [main] Main - Info log message
[ERROR] 2024-06-19 11:19:12.772 [main] Main - Error log message
[INFO ] 2024-06-19 11:19:12.779 [main] MyLoggerPackage2 - Package2 Info log message
[ERROR] 2024-06-19 11:19:12.779 [main] MyLoggerPackage2 - Package2 Error log message

In the logfile I see:

[INFO ] 2024-06-19 11:19:12.769 [main] Main - Info log message
[ERROR] 2024-06-19 11:19:12.772 [main] Main - Error log message
[INFO ] 2024-06-19 11:19:12.779 [main] MyLoggerPackage2 - Package2 Info log message
[ERROR] 2024-06-19 11:19:12.779 [main] MyLoggerPackage2 - Package2 Error log message

What mistake am I doing? A little explanation would be helpful.

I tried changing position of the rootLogger settings to the bottom, changing the root logger level (which is taking effect)

Thanks in advance.