diff --git a/openid-connect-common/pom.xml b/openid-connect-common/pom.xml
index 7156af5f0..1b9db7adf 100644
--- a/openid-connect-common/pom.xml
+++ b/openid-connect-common/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+					<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/openid-connect-server-webapp/pom.xml b/openid-connect-server-webapp/pom.xml
index 16fc6e6e6..354ddcc29 100644
--- a/openid-connect-server-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/openid-connect-server-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+					<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 102aa087f..49c37479a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 
 	<properties>
 		<java-version>1.7</java-version>
-		<org.slf4j-version>1.7.7</org.slf4j-version>
+		<org.slf4j-version>1.7.12</org.slf4j-version>
 	</properties>
 	<description>A reference implementation of OpenID Connect (http://openid.net/connect/), OAuth 2.0, and UMA built on top of Java, Spring, and Spring Security. The project contains a fully functioning server, client, and utility library.</description>
 	<url>https://github.com/mitreid-connect</url>
@@ -353,7 +353,6 @@
 				<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 				<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
 				<version>${org.slf4j-version}</version>
-				<scope>runtime</scope>
 			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -510,6 +509,10 @@
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
 			<artifactId>servlet-api</artifactId>