diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml
index 9e6e8e3152..5d5dc2483f 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner/pom.xml
@@ -89,6 +89,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-kafka-test</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.camel.springboot</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/pom.xml
index ea86ab443c..4f53cb2dd0 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-verifier/pom.xml
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-kafka-test</artifactId>
 			<optional>true</optional>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>jakarta.jms</groupId>
diff --git a/tests/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-kafka/pom.xml b/tests/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-kafka/pom.xml
index f0adc01712..b4671df383 100644
--- a/tests/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/spring-cloud-contract-stub-runner-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-kafka-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>