diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a1c3ab4..13ebaa9 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 /.settings/
 .classpath
 .project
+.idea
+*.iml
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8d00179..5020f85 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,12 @@
 			<groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
 			<artifactId>kafka-clients</artifactId>
 			<version>${kafka.version}</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -82,4 +88,4 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>