diff --git a/extensions-core/avro-extensions/pom.xml b/extensions-core/avro-extensions/pom.xml
index 2516ea9e826..7a02571d044 100644
--- a/extensions-core/avro-extensions/pom.xml
+++ b/extensions-core/avro-extensions/pom.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,12 @@
       <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka-schema-registry-client</artifactId>
       <version>${confluent.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>