diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9a8b1c673d..c44b195add 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -923,6 +923,12 @@
                 <groupId>org.wso2.carbon.commons</groupId>
                 <artifactId>org.wso2.carbon.ntask.core</artifactId>
                 <version>${carbon.commons.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
 
         </dependencies>