diff --git a/clients/avro/pom.xml b/clients/avro/pom.xml
index 671c6e4f5..d83f16464 100644
--- a/clients/avro/pom.xml
+++ b/clients/avro/pom.xml
@@ -70,12 +70,13 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-       <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+       <artifactId>slf4j-reload4j</artifactId>
    </dependency>
    <!-- Use a repackaged version of log4j with security patches. Default log4j v1.2 is a transitive dependency of slf4j-log4j12, but it is excluded in common/pom.xml -->
     <dependency>
         <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
         <artifactId>confluent-log4j</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2.17-cp10</version>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>