diff --git a/components/device-mgt/io.entgra.device.mgt.core.device.mgt.api/pom.xml b/components/device-mgt/io.entgra.device.mgt.core.device.mgt.api/pom.xml
index 72c30b6d93..abbc0e9875 100644
--- a/components/device-mgt/io.entgra.device.mgt.core.device.mgt.api/pom.xml
+++ b/components/device-mgt/io.entgra.device.mgt.core.device.mgt.api/pom.xml
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@
                     <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.ops4j.pax.logging</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>pax-logging-log4j2</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>