diff --git a/components/mobile-plugins/android-plugin/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.mobile.android.api/pom.xml b/components/mobile-plugins/android-plugin/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.mobile.android.api/pom.xml
index 8b6f4d71c8..a5388f0062 100644
--- a/components/mobile-plugins/android-plugin/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.mobile.android.api/pom.xml
+++ b/components/mobile-plugins/android-plugin/org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.mobile.android.api/pom.xml
@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@
             <groupId>org.wso2.carbon.devicemgt</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.wso2.carbon.device.mgt.core</artifactId>
             <scope>provided</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.wso2.carbon.devicemgt</groupId>