diff --git a/sdi-plugins/pom.xml b/sdi-plugins/pom.xml
index 4a25619..05c789b 100644
--- a/sdi-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/sdi-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -42,15 +42,16 @@
 
 
 	<dependencies>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+			<scope>provided</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.gcube.application.cms</groupId>
 			<artifactId>cms-plugin-framework</artifactId>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-					<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -71,14 +72,6 @@
 					<groupId>org.freemarker</groupId>
 					<artifactId>freemarker</artifactId>
 				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>log4j</groupId>
-					<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-					<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
@@ -87,12 +80,6 @@
 			<groupId>org.gcube.data.transfer</groupId>
 			<artifactId>data-transfer-library</artifactId>
 			<version>[1.2.1,2.0.0-SNAPSHOT)</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-					<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- POSTGRES DRIVERS -->
@@ -100,12 +87,6 @@
 			<groupId>net.postgis</groupId>
 			<artifactId>postgis-jdbc</artifactId>
 			<version>2.5.0</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-					<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
 
@@ -127,19 +108,8 @@
 			<groupId>org.gcube.application.cms</groupId>
 			<artifactId>cms-test-commons</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-					<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<scope>provided</scope>
-		</dependency>
 
 	</dependencies>