diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9c2cb9ada..4c929d793 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -145,6 +145,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.elasticsearch.client</groupId>
 			<artifactId>transport</artifactId>
 			<version>${elasticsearch}</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+					<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -152,6 +158,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.elasticsearch.plugin</groupId>
 			<artifactId>transport-netty4-client</artifactId>
 			<version>${elasticsearch}</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+					<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>