diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1637bc42139d22697bb08350626c110db4f712f9..c24f1d3727b03b2f0c902fd12e1ef7edf321814b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -200,6 +200,10 @@
                         <groupId>log4j</groupId>
                         <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
                     </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
                 </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>