diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
index 35090c6..61ac8f3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-hdfs/pom.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
           <ignoredDependencies>
             <ignoredDependency>org.apache.hadoop:hadoop*::</ignoredDependency>
             <ignoredDependency>org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j*::</ignoredDependency>
+            <ignoredDependency>org.slf4j:slf4j*::</ignoredDependency>
           </ignoredDependencies>
         </configuration>
         <executions>
@@ -128,6 +129,14 @@
           <groupId>log4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -142,6 +151,14 @@
           <groupId>log4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -156,6 +173,14 @@
           <groupId>log4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -215,6 +240,11 @@
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-1.2-api</artifactId>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
index 339db5c..3671893 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@
             <groupId>log4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
@@ -312,6 +320,11 @@
         <version>8.5.4</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+        <version>1.7.28</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>log4j-1.2-api</artifactId>
         <version>2.13.1</version>