diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8423ebc5b..8f86fbc20 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@
 				<artifactId>kafka_2.11</artifactId>
 				<version>${kafka.version}</version>
 				<exclusions>
+					<exclusion>
+						<groupId>jline</groupId>
+						<artifactId>jline</artifactId>
+					</exclusion>
 					<exclusion>
 						<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 						<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
index 30a907acf..71f427a38 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/pom.xml
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kafka_2.11</artifactId>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>jline</groupId>
-					<artifactId>jline</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>