diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fdda77c65b07b..323d9cc257a05 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1365,6 +1365,10 @@
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>