diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binders/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binders/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
index 24631f271..1e85d9f22 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binders/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binders/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -106,6 +106,10 @@
 						<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 						<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
 					</exclusion>
+					<exclusion>
+						<groupId>log4j</groupId>
+						<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+					</exclusion>
 				</exclusions>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>