diff --git a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
index e507f01728..110432b9f8 100644
--- a/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-boot-dependencies</artifactId>
@@ -167,6 +168,12 @@
 				<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
 				<artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
 				<version>${httpclient.version}</version>
+				<exclusions>
+					<exclusion>
+						<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+						<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+					</exclusion>
+				</exclusions>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>