diff --git a/services/resource-service/server/pom.xml b/services/resource-service/server/pom.xml
index 3b8712e..1e3e9d0 100644
--- a/services/resource-service/server/pom.xml
+++ b/services/resource-service/server/pom.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.airavata.data.lake</groupId>
             <artifactId>drms-stubs</artifactId>
             <version>0.01-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/services/secret-service/server/pom.xml b/services/secret-service/server/pom.xml
index 6870fc3..bfcc650 100644
--- a/services/secret-service/server/pom.xml
+++ b/services/secret-service/server/pom.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.airavata.data.lake</groupId>
             <artifactId>drms-stubs</artifactId>
             <version>0.01-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>