diff --git a/net/pom.xml b/net/pom.xml
index 06618fbc..e9a90177 100644
--- a/net/pom.xml
+++ b/net/pom.xml
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@
                     <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
                     <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>