diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index 78c0219ad6..5bbf0fdec0 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
             <version>${httpclient.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+            	<exclusion>
+            		<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+            		<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+            	</exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>