diff --git a/kie-spring-boot/kie-spring-boot-autoconfiguration/jbpm-spring-boot-autoconfiguration/pom.xml b/kie-spring-boot/kie-spring-boot-autoconfiguration/jbpm-spring-boot-autoconfiguration/pom.xml
index 6a8b789123..3eb6e6424f 100644
--- a/kie-spring-boot/kie-spring-boot-autoconfiguration/jbpm-spring-boot-autoconfiguration/pom.xml
+++ b/kie-spring-boot/kie-spring-boot-autoconfiguration/jbpm-spring-boot-autoconfiguration/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jbpm</groupId>
       <artifactId>jbpm-workitems-rest</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jbpm</groupId>
@@ -95,6 +101,12 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jbpm</groupId>
       <artifactId>jbpm-human-task-audit</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jbpm</groupId>
@@ -249,4 +261,4 @@
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>