diff --git a/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
index c389e41e29..4812d5c979 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@
             <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        
-        <!--  CRaSH Dependency -->
+
+        <!-- CRaSH Dependency -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.crashub</groupId>
             <artifactId>crash.embed.spring</artifactId>
@@ -101,16 +101,22 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.crashub</groupId>
-            <artifactId>crash.cli</artifactId> 
+            <artifactId>crash.cli</artifactId>
             <version>${crash.version}</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.crashub</groupId>
             <artifactId>crash.connectors.telnet</artifactId>
             <version>${crash.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-		
-        <!-- Groovy  -->
+
+        <!-- Groovy -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
             <artifactId>groovy</artifactId>
@@ -161,7 +167,7 @@
 
         <!-- Maven plugins -->
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
-        
+
         <crash.version>1.3.2</crash.version>
         <groovy.version>3.0.0-rc-3</groovy.version>