diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a21fd91509..9eed838b68 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -464,6 +464,12 @@
         <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
         <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
         <version>4.5.5</version>
+        <exclusions>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
       </dependency>
 
       <!-- logging -->