diff --git a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-common/pom.xml b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-common/pom.xml
index b2254fdd85eb..8bc25fa6ac0a 100644
--- a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-common/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-common/pom.xml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
         <!-- 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>
+          <artifactId>*</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/pom.xml b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/pom.xml
index 0617a52ea169..9af0bcea6c9a 100644
--- a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote-query/pom.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         <!-- 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>
+          <artifactId>*</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/pom.xml b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/pom.xml
index b1b366397f50..c53470569bea 100644
--- a/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/pom.xml
+++ b/jetty-infinispan/infinispan-remote/pom.xml
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
         <!-- 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>
+          <artifactId>*</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>
diff --git a/tests/test-sessions/test-infinispan-sessions/pom.xml b/tests/test-sessions/test-infinispan-sessions/pom.xml
index b986d0cd3666..ac7a5e1773ac 100644
--- a/tests/test-sessions/test-infinispan-sessions/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/test-sessions/test-infinispan-sessions/pom.xml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
         <!-- 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>
+          <artifactId>*</artifactId>
         </exclusion>
       </exclusions>
     </dependency>