diff --git a/apache-cxf/cxf-jaxrs-implementation/pom.xml b/apache-cxf/cxf-jaxrs-implementation/pom.xml
index c3095be5a5e2..61a5132f196f 100644
--- a/apache-cxf/cxf-jaxrs-implementation/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-cxf/cxf-jaxrs-implementation/pom.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
             <version>${httpclient.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/apache-cxf/cxf-spring/pom.xml b/apache-cxf/cxf-spring/pom.xml
index 79a7650cedaa..dffcc3ee1bcb 100644
--- a/apache-cxf/cxf-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-cxf/cxf-spring/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
             <version>${spring.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/apache-fop/pom.xml b/apache-fop/pom.xml
index 635e5c6a0bec..2de9611ad104 100644
--- a/apache-fop/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-fop/pom.xml
@@ -73,6 +73,10 @@
                     <groupId>org.apache.avalon.framework</groupId>
                     <artifactId>avalon-framework-impl</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>                
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -85,6 +89,12 @@
             <groupId>avalon-framework</groupId>
             <artifactId>avalon-framework-impl</artifactId>
             <version>${avalon-framework.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/apache-poi/pom.xml b/apache-poi/pom.xml
index d8a2cc72e078..b619d3adcb51 100644
--- a/apache-poi/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-poi/pom.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
             <groupId>org.jxls</groupId>
             <artifactId>jxls-jexcel</artifactId>
             <version>${jexcel.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>	
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/apache-thrift/pom.xml b/apache-thrift/pom.xml
index 66cfb2bb41da..e275dc0636f6 100644
--- a/apache-thrift/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-thrift/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.thrift</groupId>
             <artifactId>libthrift</artifactId>
             <version>${thrift.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/apache-velocity/pom.xml b/apache-velocity/pom.xml
index 08f0e96a58de..06cfeabfa896 100644
--- a/apache-velocity/pom.xml
+++ b/apache-velocity/pom.xml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
             <artifactId>velocity-tools</artifactId>
-            <version>${velocity-tools-version}</version>
+            <version>${velocity-tools-version}</version>        
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
             <version>${org.apache.httpcomponents.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>
diff --git a/aspectj/pom.xml b/aspectj/pom.xml
index cbc98dac81c2..2ef2ae9df791 100644
--- a/aspectj/pom.xml
+++ b/aspectj/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-            <version>4.3.4.RELEASE</version>
+            <version>4.3.4.RELEASE</version>         
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>cglib</groupId>
diff --git a/aws/pom.xml b/aws/pom.xml
index 681b76cfd41b..b493dc58e8e9 100644
--- a/aws/pom.xml
+++ b/aws/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,24 @@
 			<groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
 			<artifactId>aws-lambda-java-core</artifactId>
 			<version>${aws-lambda-java-core.version}</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+				    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+				    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
 			<artifactId>aws-lambda-java-events</artifactId>
 			<version>${aws-lambda-java-events.version}</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+				    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+				    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/cdi/pom.xml b/cdi/pom.xml
index e5aaeb2c7bde..d2fcec59d702 100644
--- a/cdi/pom.xml
+++ b/cdi/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
             <version>${spring.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/core-java/pom.xml b/core-java/pom.xml
index 44e7df722c03..b4741d5b80c3 100644
--- a/core-java/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java/pom.xml
@@ -171,6 +171,12 @@
 	    <groupId>org.owasp.esapi</groupId>
 	    <artifactId>esapi</artifactId>
 	    <version>2.1.0.1</version>
+                <exclusions>
+                    <exclusion>
+                        <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                    </exclusion>
+                </exclusions>        
 	</dependency>    
 
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/couchbase-sdk/pom.xml b/couchbase-sdk/pom.xml
index c8ac9c87434b..d592a15745f5 100644
--- a/couchbase-sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/couchbase-sdk/pom.xml
@@ -22,11 +22,23 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
             <version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-context-support</artifactId>
             <version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Logging with SLF4J & LogBack -->
diff --git a/hbase/pom.xml b/hbase/pom.xml
index 9d523abf1a9a..c692054f0f88 100644
--- a/hbase/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase/pom.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
             <artifactId>hbase-client</artifactId>
             <version>${hbase.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
diff --git a/httpclient/pom.xml b/httpclient/pom.xml
index 8f499d4a746e..976f04c9c249 100644
--- a/httpclient/pom.xml
+++ b/httpclient/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>fluent-hc</artifactId>
             <version>${httpclient.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -59,6 +65,12 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpasyncclient</artifactId>
             <version>${httpasyncclient.version}</version> <!-- 4.0.2 --> <!-- 4.1-beta1 -->
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- logging -->
diff --git a/hystrix/pom.xml b/hystrix/pom.xml
index ba1a59663150..5ccc66709f9a 100644
--- a/hystrix/pom.xml
+++ b/hystrix/pom.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@
             <groupId>com.netflix.hystrix</groupId>
             <artifactId>hystrix-core</artifactId>
             <version>${hystrix-core.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.netflix.hystrix</groupId>
diff --git a/image-processing/pom.xml b/image-processing/pom.xml
index 8766da571e55..1e19686be25a 100644
--- a/image-processing/pom.xml
+++ b/image-processing/pom.xml
@@ -17,11 +17,23 @@
             <groupId>net.imagej</groupId>
             <artifactId>ij</artifactId>
             <version>${ij.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.openimaj</groupId>
             <artifactId>core-image</artifactId>
             <version>${core-image.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     
diff --git a/javax-servlets/pom.xml b/javax-servlets/pom.xml
index 68a1b9c4413a..c5eeafbab3b9 100644
--- a/javax-servlets/pom.xml
+++ b/javax-servlets/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
             <version>${org.apache.httpcomponents.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/jsf/pom.xml b/jsf/pom.xml
index 41c90824b65c..a206870f893a 100644
--- a/jsf/pom.xml
+++ b/jsf/pom.xml
@@ -65,6 +65,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
             <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
diff --git a/json/pom.xml b/json/pom.xml
index 2b2f80e98782..f22626ce7061 100644
--- a/json/pom.xml
+++ b/json/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@
             <groupId>org.everit.json</groupId>
             <artifactId>org.everit.json.schema</artifactId>
             <version>${everit.json.schema.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/libraries/pom.xml b/libraries/pom.xml
index 939d674d973e..ba16995d8fc3 100644
--- a/libraries/pom.xml
+++ b/libraries/pom.xml
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
             <version>${httpclient.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
@@ -131,6 +137,12 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
             <version>${httpclient.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>               
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
@@ -141,11 +153,23 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
             <artifactId>flink-core</artifactId>
             <version>${flink.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
             <artifactId>flink-java</artifactId>
             <version>${flink.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.flink</groupId>
diff --git a/log-mdc/pom.xml b/log-mdc/pom.xml
index 931e68a178f4..10dcb3eaf074 100644
--- a/log-mdc/pom.xml
+++ b/log-mdc/pom.xml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-            <version>${springframework.version}</version>
+            <version>${springframework.version}</version>          
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/log4j2/pom.xml b/log4j2/pom.xml
index a4c8f19f697a..1267caeb0875 100644
--- a/log4j2/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j2/pom.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
 			<artifactId>commons-dbcp2</artifactId>
 			<version>${commons-dbcp2.version}</version>
+		            <exclusions>
+		                <exclusion>
+		                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+		                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+		                </exclusion>
+		            </exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- This is used for testing only. -->
diff --git a/mapstruct/pom.xml b/mapstruct/pom.xml
index 72a67d19db9d..81bcdb4cb99b 100644
--- a/mapstruct/pom.xml
+++ b/mapstruct/pom.xml
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
 			<version>${springframework.version}</version>
+		            <exclusions>
+		                <exclusion>
+		                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+		                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+		                </exclusion>
+		            </exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/pdf/pom.xml b/pdf/pom.xml
index 332e1f52449e..53232377b519 100644
--- a/pdf/pom.xml
+++ b/pdf/pom.xml
@@ -37,11 +37,23 @@
 			<groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pdfbox-tools</artifactId>
 			<version>${pdfbox-tools.version}</version>
+		            <exclusions>
+		                <exclusion>
+		                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+		                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+		                </exclusion>
+		            </exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.sf.cssbox</groupId>
 			<artifactId>pdf2dom</artifactId>
 			<version>${pdf2dom.version}</version>
+		            <exclusions>
+		                <exclusion>
+		                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+		                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+		                </exclusion>
+		            </exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.itextpdf</groupId>
diff --git a/querydsl/pom.xml b/querydsl/pom.xml
index 1335d0f1fdd5..d6fe7f419153 100644
--- a/querydsl/pom.xml
+++ b/querydsl/pom.xml
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
             <version>${spring.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/rest-assured/pom.xml b/rest-assured/pom.xml
index 2c8039401ee1..0c3bf38dc566 100644
--- a/rest-assured/pom.xml
+++ b/rest-assured/pom.xml
@@ -71,12 +71,6 @@
             <version>${logback.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-            <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-            <version>${commons-logging.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
@@ -151,6 +145,12 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
             <version>${httpclient.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -184,6 +184,12 @@
             <groupId>com.github.fge</groupId>
             <artifactId>json-schema-core</artifactId>
             <version>${json-schema-core.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -282,7 +288,6 @@
 
         
         <commons-lang3.version>3.5</commons-lang3.version>        
-        <commons-logging.version>1.2</commons-logging.version>
         <commons-collections.version>3.2.2</commons-collections.version>
         
         <httpcore.version>4.4.5</httpcore.version>
diff --git a/rest-testing/pom.xml b/rest-testing/pom.xml
index e3231c4fb4d8..a6a9bb39b3a9 100644
--- a/rest-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/rest-testing/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
             <version>${httpclient.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
diff --git a/resteasy/pom.xml b/resteasy/pom.xml
index f0bd8298f507..eacde9235309 100644
--- a/resteasy/pom.xml
+++ b/resteasy/pom.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.jboss.resteasy</groupId>
 			<artifactId>resteasy-servlet-initializer</artifactId>
 			<version>${resteasy.version}</version>
+                                        <exclusions>
+                                            <exclusion>
+                                                <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                                                <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                                            </exclusion>
+                                        </exclusions>            
 		</dependency>
 
 
diff --git a/selenium-junit-testng/pom.xml b/selenium-junit-testng/pom.xml
index b4490f779b48..fceeb6eec6db 100644
--- a/selenium-junit-testng/pom.xml
+++ b/selenium-junit-testng/pom.xml
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@
             <groupId>org.seleniumhq.selenium</groupId>
             <artifactId>selenium-java</artifactId>
             <version>${selenium-java.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-akka/pom.xml b/spring-akka/pom.xml
index 5965213e6502..497022064c4d 100644
--- a/spring-akka/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-akka/pom.xml
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-all/pom.xml b/spring-all/pom.xml
index 076465f2f69d..7fbb6acced5a 100644
--- a/spring-all/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-all/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
+		            <exclusions>
+		                <exclusion>
+		                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+		                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+		                </exclusion>
+		            </exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
@@ -111,6 +117,12 @@
                         <groupId>net.sf.jasperreports</groupId>
                         <artifactId>jasperreports</artifactId>
                         <version>${jasperreports.version}</version>
+	            <exclusions>
+	                <exclusion>
+	                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+	                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+	                </exclusion>
+	            </exclusions>                        
                 </dependency>
 
 		<!-- logging -->
diff --git a/spring-amqp-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springamqpsimple/MessageConsumer.java b/spring-amqp-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springamqpsimple/MessageConsumer.java
index 086492e15b1d..6eb13c18f68d 100644
--- a/spring-amqp-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springamqpsimple/MessageConsumer.java
+++ b/spring-amqp-simple/src/main/java/com/baeldung/springamqpsimple/MessageConsumer.java
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ public class MessageConsumer {
     public void receiveMessage(String message) {
         logger.info("Received Message: " + message);
     }
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-amqp/pom.xml b/spring-amqp/pom.xml
index bb26b2d15dda..4eef6070c7cf 100755
--- a/spring-amqp/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-amqp/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
 		    <groupId>org.springframework.amqp</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-rabbit</artifactId>
 			<version>1.6.6.RELEASE</version>
+		            <exclusions>
+		                <exclusion>
+		                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+		                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+		                </exclusion>
+		            </exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
diff --git a/spring-apache-camel/pom.xml b/spring-apache-camel/pom.xml
index 04d07426d3e1..0b1b10a7306a 100644
--- a/spring-apache-camel/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-apache-camel/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
 			<artifactId>camel-spring</artifactId>
 			<version>${env.camel.version}</version>
+		            <exclusions>
+		                <exclusion>
+		                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+		                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+		                </exclusion>
+		            </exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-batch/pom.xml b/spring-batch/pom.xml
index a92a0e83233c..8885bd452cb1 100644
--- a/spring-batch/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-batch/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-oxm</artifactId>
             <version>${spring.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/pom.xml
index de76c86a2485..78a0e05b7782 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/Greeting/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-zookeeper-discovery</artifactId>
 			<version>1.0.3.RELEASE</version>
+		            <exclusions>
+		                <exclusion>
+		                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+		                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+		                </exclusion>
+		            </exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/HelloWorld/pom.xml b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/HelloWorld/pom.xml
index 1c829a50df0f..00af49eaa827 100644
--- a/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/HelloWorld/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-zookeeper/HelloWorld/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-starter-zookeeper-discovery</artifactId>
 			<version>1.0.3.RELEASE</version>
+		            <exclusions>
+		                <exclusion>
+		                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+		                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+		                </exclusion>
+		            </exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 
diff --git a/spring-core/pom.xml b/spring-core/pom.xml
index 3b423104d73e..b04f434481d4 100644
--- a/spring-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-core/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
             <version>${spring.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml b/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
index 316eb2f58b14..49a222e93d84 100644
--- a/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-cassandra/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
 			<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+		            <exclusions>
+		                <exclusion>
+		                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+		                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+		                </exclusion>
+		            </exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -72,6 +78,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.hectorclient</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hector-core</artifactId>
 			<version>${hector-core.version}</version>
+		            <exclusions>
+		                <exclusion>
+		                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+		                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+		                </exclusion>
+		            </exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-data-couchbase-2/pom.xml b/spring-data-couchbase-2/pom.xml
index b3933d9fcdff..26a9ffcf2d4c 100644
--- a/spring-data-couchbase-2/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-couchbase-2/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
 			<version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
+		            <exclusions>
+		                <exclusion>
+		                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+		                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+		                </exclusion>
+		            </exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-data-dynamodb/pom.xml b/spring-data-dynamodb/pom.xml
index 8b06c0b36fe7..3216318665bb 100644
--- a/spring-data-dynamodb/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-dynamodb/pom.xml
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@
     		<groupId>com.amazonaws</groupId>
     		<artifactId>aws-java-sdk-dynamodb</artifactId>
     		<version>${aws-java-sdk-dynamodb.version}</version>
+	            <exclusions>
+	                <exclusion>
+	                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+	                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+	                </exclusion>
+	            </exclusions>    		
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
   			<groupId>com.github.derjust</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml b/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml
index f4a43fac0941..513a0a591bb6 100644
--- a/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-elasticsearch/pom.xml
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
 			<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+		            <exclusions>
+		                <exclusion>
+		                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+		                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+		                </exclusion>
+		            </exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-data-gemfire/pom.xml b/spring-data-gemfire/pom.xml
index eb450ebc8194..ab510bc2bc69 100644
--- a/spring-data-gemfire/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-gemfire/pom.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
             <version>${spring-context-version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
index 3352baa6aa21..f5d7cf9effd8 100644
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
             <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml b/spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml
index 7df48498e5bd..6f08fe293b59 100644
--- a/spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-neo4j/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-data-neo4j</artifactId>
             <version>${spring-data-neo4j.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -70,6 +76,12 @@
             <artifactId>neo4j-server</artifactId>
             <version>${neo4j.version}</version>
             <type>test-jar</type>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
@@ -95,6 +107,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
             <version>${spring-test.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/spring-data-redis/pom.xml b/spring-data-redis/pom.xml
index 720526932ea6..f006026c81d3 100644
--- a/spring-data-redis/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-redis/pom.xml
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
             <version>${spring.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-data-solr/pom.xml b/spring-data-solr/pom.xml
index 0019c7ff9c88..54fc0d329419 100644
--- a/spring-data-solr/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-solr/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
             <version>${spring.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-dispatcher-servlet/pom.xml b/spring-dispatcher-servlet/pom.xml
index e4812485c1aa..b6210971aee0 100644
--- a/spring-dispatcher-servlet/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-dispatcher-servlet/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
             <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/pom.xml b/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
index a8254151aa1d..8733f8f2f497 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
@@ -15,11 +15,23 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
             <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
             <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml b/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
index f7b198a2b165..c45c9bb15e5b 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate3/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
             <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- persistence -->
diff --git a/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml b/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
index dbacb3a60a72..8ba0a3700cc4 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate4/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
             <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-hibernate5/pom.xml b/spring-hibernate5/pom.xml
index 752cbdba1dd0..ed127c34c19f 100644
--- a/spring-hibernate5/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-hibernate5/pom.xml
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
             <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-integration/pom.xml b/spring-integration/pom.xml
index a243f5550703..34c40cb00f8d 100644
--- a/spring-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-integration/pom.xml
@@ -96,6 +96,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.integration</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-integration-core</artifactId>
             <version>${spring.integration.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>javax.activation</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-jersey/pom.xml b/spring-jersey/pom.xml
index e6c8ea6ef51d..8d39da97333d 100644
--- a/spring-jersey/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-jersey/pom.xml
@@ -134,6 +134,12 @@
             <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
             <version>${httpclient.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-jms/pom.xml b/spring-jms/pom.xml
index de7c73431649..da71725d8f06 100644
--- a/spring-jms/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-jms/pom.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-jms</artifactId>
 			<version>${springframework.version}</version>
+		            <exclusions>
+		                <exclusion>
+		                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+		                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+		                </exclusion>
+		            </exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- ActiveMQ -->
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/spring-jooq/pom.xml b/spring-jooq/pom.xml
index e067e9b47f90..4dce21116fa0 100644
--- a/spring-jooq/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-jooq/pom.xml
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-jpa/pom.xml b/spring-jpa/pom.xml
index 3ca373acea77..9ecbddb34d38 100644
--- a/spring-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
             <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-ldap/pom.xml b/spring-ldap/pom.xml
index 55014897c419..123e72672a04 100644
--- a/spring-ldap/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-ldap/pom.xml
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@
             <artifactId>spring-ldap-test</artifactId>
             <version>${spring-ldap.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- apacheds for test -->
diff --git a/spring-mvc-forms/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-forms/pom.xml
index e5ffb52801c3..12b0ba7e7cb5 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-forms/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-forms/pom.xml
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
             <version>${springframework.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
index 5c8f6be6fac6..f47b723beb3d 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-java/pom.xml
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@
             <groupId>net.sourceforge.htmlunit</groupId>
             <artifactId>htmlunit</artifactId>
             <version>${net.sourceforge.htmlunit}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Thymeleaf -->
diff --git a/spring-mvc-simple/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-simple/pom.xml
index a004eae4d954..6e96775f262a 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-simple/pom.xml
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@
 			<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
 			<version>3.1.0</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-			<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-			<version>1.2</version>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
@@ -46,6 +41,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
 			<version>${springframework.version}</version>
+		            <exclusions>
+		                <exclusion>
+		                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+		                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+		                </exclusion>
+		            </exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
             <groupId>javax.servlet.jsp</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-tiles/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-tiles/pom.xml
index 400f79fbe161..684c3abec7be 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-tiles/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-tiles/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
 			<version>${springframework.version}</version>
+		            <exclusions>
+		                <exclusion>
+		                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+		                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+		                </exclusion>
+		            </exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml
index 0a9b3a016e71..51348acd4ac4 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-velocity/pom.xml
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
 			<version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+		            <exclusions>
+		                <exclusion>
+		                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+		                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+		                </exclusion>
+		            </exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
@@ -52,6 +58,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.apache.velocity</groupId>
 			<artifactId>velocity-tools</artifactId>
 			<version>${velocity-tools.version}</version>
+		            <exclusions>
+		                <exclusion>
+		                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+		                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+		                </exclusion>
+		            </exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 		
 		<!-- test scoped -->
diff --git a/spring-mvc-web-vs-initializer/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-web-vs-initializer/pom.xml
index 45ead333f428..1d02039ead22 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-web-vs-initializer/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-web-vs-initializer/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
index 60da3404c98d..142b400e5f15 100644
--- a/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-mvc-xml/pom.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
             <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
@@ -116,7 +122,11 @@
                     <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
                     <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
-            </exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/spring-spel/pom.xml b/spring-spel/pom.xml
index c3817ce2bda7..5bb848071526 100644
--- a/spring-spel/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-spel/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
             <version>${springframework.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-state-machine/pom.xml b/spring-state-machine/pom.xml
index f04d706d478b..d7e70270239f 100644
--- a/spring-state-machine/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-state-machine/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
             <version>4.3.7.RELEASE</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-userservice/pom.xml b/spring-userservice/pom.xml
index 0f3ed96c4e6a..58a7cf748f8d 100644
--- a/spring-userservice/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-userservice/pom.xml
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
             <version>${org.springframework.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/struts2/pom.xml b/struts2/pom.xml
index ca5a682f9d7a..e9c321f908bb 100644
--- a/struts2/pom.xml
+++ b/struts2/pom.xml
@@ -63,6 +63,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
 			<version>4.3.6.RELEASE</version>
+		            <exclusions>
+		                <exclusion>
+		                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+		                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+		                </exclusion>
+		            </exclusions>			
 		</dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/video-tutorials/jackson-annotations/pom.xml b/video-tutorials/jackson-annotations/pom.xml
index 07c5d9e86309..c4c66ddb440e 100644
--- a/video-tutorials/jackson-annotations/pom.xml
+++ b/video-tutorials/jackson-annotations/pom.xml
@@ -93,6 +93,12 @@
             <artifactId>rest-assured</artifactId>
             <version>3.0.1</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>            
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/io.rest-assured/json-schema-validator -->