diff --git a/javadoc/pom.xml b/javadoc/pom.xml
index 509837a0a1b3..b40b1cf94cef 100644
--- a/javadoc/pom.xml
+++ b/javadoc/pom.xml
@@ -437,6 +437,13 @@
       <groupId>org.infinispan</groupId>
       <artifactId>infinispan-client-hotrod</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <!-- this is depending on an old log4j version which have this issue https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-3241 -->
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <!-- to make infinispan-common source sane -->
     <dependency>
diff --git a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-common/pom.xml b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-common/pom.xml
index 2b824ab92621..530301a62dc0 100644
--- a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-common/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-common/pom.xml
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
       <artifactId>infinispan-core</artifactId>
       <optional>true</optional>
       <exclusions>
-          <exclusion>
-              <groupId>org.wildfly.common</groupId>
-              <artifactId>wildfly-common</artifactId>
-          </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.wildfly.common</groupId>
+          <artifactId>wildfly-common</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
@@ -46,6 +46,13 @@
       <groupId>org.infinispan</groupId>
       <artifactId>infinispan-client-hotrod</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <!-- this is depending on an old log4j version which have this issue https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-3241 -->
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.infinispan</groupId>
diff --git a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/pom.xml b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/pom.xml
index fee476bb1aa1..f2d2cada24cc 100644
--- a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/pom.xml
@@ -102,6 +102,13 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.infinispan</groupId>
       <artifactId>infinispan-client-hotrod</artifactId>
+      <exclusions>
+        <!-- this is depending on an old log4j version which have this issue https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-3241 -->
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.infinispan</groupId>
diff --git a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/pom.xml b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/pom.xml
index e784437699c8..14ff945316ef 100644
--- a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/pom.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@
       <groupId>org.infinispan</groupId>
       <artifactId>infinispan-client-hotrod</artifactId>
       <scope>provided</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <!-- this is depending on an old log4j version which have this issue https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-3241 -->
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.infinispan</groupId>
diff --git a/tests/test-sessions/test-infinispan-sessions/pom.xml b/tests/test-sessions/test-infinispan-sessions/pom.xml
index dbc2e38ca49b..2733fe6e0bcb 100644
--- a/tests/test-sessions/test-infinispan-sessions/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/test-sessions/test-infinispan-sessions/pom.xml
@@ -129,6 +129,13 @@
       <groupId>org.infinispan</groupId>
       <artifactId>infinispan-client-hotrod</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <!-- this is depending on an old log4j version which have this issue https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-3241 -->
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.infinispan</groupId>