diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index abf6874a7..f5420579b 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -136,12 +136,6 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
             <version>4.5.13</version>
-            <exclusions>
-                <exclusion>
-                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
         </dependency>		
 		<dependency>
     		<groupId>com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal</groupId>