diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eeb5601ffa39613d557556f93457cd5dd9cb77f0..1637bc42139d22697bb08350626c110db4f712f9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -195,6 +195,12 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.zookeeper</groupId>
                 <artifactId>zookeeper</artifactId>
                 <version>${zookeeper.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.apache.curator</groupId>