diff --git a/spring-cloud-context/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-context/pom.xml
index 25b7380b..d6afb487 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-context/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-context/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
+			<!-- TODO: remove this when it's fixed in ModifiedClassPathRunner -->
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>log4j-to-slf4j</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>