diff --git a/flink-kubernetes-operator/pom.xml b/flink-kubernetes-operator/pom.xml
index 75909e43c0..fc6fef0aea 100644
--- a/flink-kubernetes-operator/pom.xml
+++ b/flink-kubernetes-operator/pom.xml
@@ -206,6 +206,10 @@ under the License.
                     <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
                     <artifactId>*</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>