diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b3b610d5c4c6f..d1fa7fe44f164 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -883,6 +883,7 @@ project(':core') {
       implementation libs.dropwizardMetrics
       exclude module: 'slf4j-log4j12'
       exclude module: 'log4j'
+      exclude group: 'ch.qos.logback', module: 'logback-classic'
     }
     // ZooKeeperMain depends on commons-cli but declares the dependency as `provided`
     implementation libs.commonsCli