diff --git a/sdi-plugins/pom.xml b/sdi-plugins/pom.xml
index 5240f06..64242e2 100644
--- a/sdi-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/sdi-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@
 					<groupId>org.freemarker</groupId>
 					<artifactId>freemarker</artifactId>
 				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>log4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>