diff --git a/distribution/server/pom.xml b/distribution/server/pom.xml
index 6177782aad3bd..696be14027ccd 100644
--- a/distribution/server/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/server/pom.xml
@@ -244,6 +244,18 @@
           <groupId>*</groupId>
           <artifactId>*</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>*</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/pulsar-functions/runtime-all/pom.xml b/pulsar-functions/runtime-all/pom.xml
index 04396667ad69a..8168da55f7ac9 100644
--- a/pulsar-functions/runtime-all/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-functions/runtime-all/pom.xml
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
+<!--    <dependency>-->
+<!--      <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>-->
+<!--      <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>-->
+<!--    </dependency>-->
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>