diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/pom.xml
index 883ee9c2..0c1961b4 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/pom.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
+			<!-- FIXME: shouldn't need this -->
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>log4j-to-slf4j</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>