diff --git a/debezium-connector-cassandra/pom.xml b/debezium-connector-cassandra/pom.xml
index 8495f5f0c..7bdcaf21d 100644
--- a/debezium-connector-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-connector-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.cassandra</groupId>
             <artifactId>cassandra-all</artifactId>
             <version>3.11.4</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>log4j-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
@@ -71,6 +81,18 @@
             <artifactId>kafka-connect-avro-converter</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <!-- Logging -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${version.org.slf4j}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+            <version>${version.org.slf4j}</version>
+        </dependency>
+
         <!-- Testing -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>