diff --git a/common/pom.xml b/common/pom.xml
index 83901085e..c258140b9 100644
--- a/common/pom.xml
+++ b/common/pom.xml
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.simpleframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>simple-xml</artifactId>
 			<version>2.7.1</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>*</groupId>
+					<artifactId>*</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+    	</exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.bouncycastle</groupId>
diff --git a/gxcryptocommon/pom.xml b/gxcryptocommon/pom.xml
index b652b87ec..cec10a8c4 100644
--- a/gxcryptocommon/pom.xml
+++ b/gxcryptocommon/pom.xml
@@ -28,11 +28,23 @@
 			<groupId>org.apache.santuario</groupId>
 			<artifactId>xmlsec</artifactId>
 			<version>2.2.3</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>*</groupId>
+					<artifactId>*</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+    	</exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-nop</artifactId>
 			<version>1.7.7</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>*</groupId>
+					<artifactId>*</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+    	</exclusions>			
 		</dependency>		
 	</dependencies>
 
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index f5420579b..a341c6daa 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,11 @@
 			<artifactId>commons-collections4</artifactId>
 			<version>4.1</version>
 		</dependency>
+    <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>log4j-1.2-api</artifactId>
+        <version>2.17.1</version>
+    </dependency>		
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.ejb</groupId>
 			<artifactId>ejb-api</artifactId>