diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index a5c9259341..a18e5c6ff9 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -262,6 +262,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-contract-converters</artifactId>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>log4j-to-slf4j</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>