diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/toolkit-publishing-conventions.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/toolkit-publishing-conventions.gradle.kts
index d7815bf6bd8..3d02f8cd7f1 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/toolkit-publishing-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/toolkit-publishing-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ configurations {
     // Make sure we exclude stuff we either A) ships with IDE, B) we don't use to cut down on size
     runtimeClasspath {
         exclude(group = "com.google.code.gson")
-        exclude(group = "org.slf4j", module = "slf4j-jdk14")
         exclude(group = "org.jetbrains.kotlin")
         exclude(group = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx")
     }
diff --git a/plugins/core/build.gradle.kts b/plugins/core/build.gradle.kts
index 51c191fa3f4..d703efc96c5 100644
--- a/plugins/core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugins/core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(project(":plugin-core:sdk-codegen"))
     implementation(project(":plugin-core:webview"))
     implementation(libs.slf4j.api)
+    implementation(libs.slf4j.jdk14)
 }
 
 tasks.check {