diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index 534a2e5107..4beb37956d 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -1801,22 +1801,18 @@
 				<groupId>org.elasticsearch.client</groupId>
 				<artifactId>elasticsearch-rest-client</artifactId>
 				<version>${elasticsearch.version}</version>
-			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
-				<groupId>org.elasticsearch.client</groupId>
-				<artifactId>elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client</artifactId>
-				<version>${elasticsearch.version}</version>
 				<exclusions>
 					<exclusion>
 						<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
 						<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
 					</exclusion>
-					<exclusion>
-						<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-						<artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
-					</exclusion>
 				</exclusions>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.elasticsearch.client</groupId>
+				<artifactId>elasticsearch-rest-high-level-client</artifactId>
+				<version>${elasticsearch.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.firebirdsql.jdbc</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jaybird-jdk17</artifactId>