diff --git a/spring-batch-core/pom.xml b/spring-batch-core/pom.xml
index 3de563e6e..af28f85e8 100644
--- a/spring-batch-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch-core/pom.xml
@@ -199,6 +199,12 @@
 			<artifactId>sqlite-jdbc</artifactId>
 			<version>${sqlite.version}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.h2database</groupId>