<groupId>log4j</groupId>
                        <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
                        <version>1.2.16</version>
-                       <exclusions>
-                               <exclusion>
-                                       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-                                       <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-                               </exclusion>
-                               <exclusion>
-                                       <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-                                       <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-                               </exclusion>
-                       </exclusions>
                </dependency>
                <dependency>
                        <groupId>org.openo.common-services.common-utilities</groupId>
                        <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>
                        <artifactId>dropwizard-core</artifactId>
                        <version>0.8.0</version>
+                       <exclusions>
+                               <exclusion>
+                                       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                                       <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+                               </exclusion>
+                       </exclusions>
                </dependency>
                <dependency>
                        <groupId>io.dropwizard</groupId>