diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 79782e70d1f1..3d867e0f7cde 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -622,6 +622,20 @@
                 <groupId>org.opensaml</groupId>
                 <artifactId>opensaml</artifactId>
                 <version>${cs.opensaml.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>