diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/pom.xml
index c50b86b46..b73a30269 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka-core/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,11 @@
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            <version>1.2.17</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kstream/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kstream/pom.xml
index 3da14268a..cde1340c5 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kstream/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kstream/pom.xml
@@ -62,11 +62,5 @@
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-test</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.17</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>