diff --git a/examples/als/pom.xml b/examples/als/pom.xml
index 1fac8782f..39d207a95 100644
--- a/examples/als/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/als/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@
       <artifactId>spark-sql_2.12</artifactId>
       <version>${spark.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
+      <!--This is needed to exclude log4j1.x from Spark core dependency to avoid vulnerabilities -->
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/examples/correlation/pom.xml b/examples/correlation/pom.xml
index 9d83e32b5..a8af7cddc 100644
--- a/examples/correlation/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/correlation/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@
       <artifactId>spark-sql_2.12</artifactId>
       <version>${spark.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
+      <!--This is needed to exclude log4j1.x from Spark core dependency to avoid vulnerabilities -->
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/examples/kmeans/pom.xml b/examples/kmeans/pom.xml
index 94666cb65..e4437c51a 100644
--- a/examples/kmeans/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/kmeans/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@
       <artifactId>spark-sql_2.12</artifactId>
       <version>${spark.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
+      <!--This is needed to exclude log4j1.x from Spark core dependency to avoid vulnerabilities -->
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/examples/linear-regression/pom.xml b/examples/linear-regression/pom.xml
index 613373507..641562d85 100644
--- a/examples/linear-regression/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/linear-regression/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@
       <artifactId>spark-sql_2.12</artifactId>
       <version>${spark.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
+      <!--This is needed to exclude log4j1.x from Spark core dependency to avoid vulnerabilities -->
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/examples/naive-bayes/pom.xml b/examples/naive-bayes/pom.xml
index 305e6dcad..bb920cdeb 100644
--- a/examples/naive-bayes/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/naive-bayes/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@
       <artifactId>spark-sql_2.12</artifactId>
       <version>${spark.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
+      <!--This is needed to exclude log4j1.x from Spark core dependency to avoid vulnerabilities -->
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/examples/pca/pom.xml b/examples/pca/pom.xml
index 0e549170c..263a984a9 100644
--- a/examples/pca/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pca/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@
       <artifactId>spark-sql_2.12</artifactId>
       <version>${spark.version}</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
+      <!--This is needed to exclude log4j1.x from Spark core dependency to avoid vulnerabilities -->
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/examples/summarizer/pom.xml b/examples/summarizer/pom.xml
index 885f2da0f..bc6d70ae3 100644
--- a/examples/summarizer/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/summarizer/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,17 @@
       <artifactId>spark-sql_2.12</artifactId>
       <version>${spark.version}</version>
       <!--<scope>provided</scope>-->
+      <!--This is needed to exclude log4j1.x from Spark core dependency to avoid vulnerabilities -->
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/mllib-dal/pom.xml b/mllib-dal/pom.xml
index eb07716f4..4fde0c02a 100644
--- a/mllib-dal/pom.xml
+++ b/mllib-dal/pom.xml
@@ -69,6 +69,17 @@
             <artifactId>spark-core_2.12</artifactId>
             <version>${spark.version}</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
+            <!--This is needed to exclude log4j1.x from Spark core dependency to avoid vulnerabilities -->
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>