diff --git a/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml b/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
index 706cdbc3b7..e408a1c81c 100644
--- a/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
+++ b/amps/ags/rm-automation/rm-automation-community-rest-api/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
          <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
-         <version>1.7.35</version>
+         <version>${dependency.slf4j.version}</version>
          <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1125a31e70..36846d0cc4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
         <dependency.httpcore.version>4.4.15</dependency.httpcore.version>
         <dependency.commons-httpclient.version>3.1-HTTPCLIENT-1265</dependency.commons-httpclient.version>
         <dependency.xercesImpl.version>2.12.2</dependency.xercesImpl.version>
-        <dependency.slf4j.version>1.7.35</dependency.slf4j.version>
+        <dependency.slf4j.version>1.7.36</dependency.slf4j.version>
         <dependency.gytheio.version>0.16</dependency.gytheio.version>
         <dependency.groovy.version>3.0.12</dependency.groovy.version>
         <dependency.tika.version>2.4.1</dependency.tika.version>
@@ -616,6 +616,12 @@
                 <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
                 <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
                 <version>${dependency.slf4j.version}</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <groupId>ch.qos.reload4j</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>reload4j</artifactId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>xerces</groupId>