diff --git a/zookeeper-assembly/pom.xml b/zookeeper-assembly/pom.xml
index 37fb0eae0df..160f9e1b9d0 100755
--- a/zookeeper-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/zookeeper-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@
       <groupId>jline</groupId>
       <artifactId>jline</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+      <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
        <groupId>io.dropwizard.metrics</groupId>
        <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zooinspector/pom.xml b/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zooinspector/pom.xml
index 778d0386977..d8f75e55129 100755
--- a/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zooinspector/pom.xml
+++ b/zookeeper-contrib/zookeeper-contrib-zooinspector/pom.xml
@@ -91,13 +91,9 @@
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-      <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>*</groupId>
-          <artifactId>*</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
+      <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+      <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.vintage</groupId>
@@ -121,4 +117,4 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/zookeeper-server/pom.xml b/zookeeper-server/pom.xml
index 00a3b533949..7fbc0d06a6b 100755
--- a/zookeeper-server/pom.xml
+++ b/zookeeper-server/pom.xml
@@ -79,13 +79,11 @@
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-      <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+      <optional>true</optional>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>