diff --git a/poi-excelant/build.gradle b/poi-excelant/build.gradle
index 72bb1bf74d..ef96c88077 100644
--- a/poi-excelant/build.gradle
+++ b/poi-excelant/build.gradle
@@ -46,9 +46,7 @@ dependencies {
         exclude group: 'org.apache.poi', module: 'poi-scratchpad'
     }
     testImplementation 'com.google.guava:guava:31.1-jre'
-    testImplementation ("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:${log4jVersion}") {
-        exclude group: 'org.hamcrest', module: 'hamcrest-core'
-    }
+    testImplementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:${log4jVersion}"
     testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.0'
     testRuntimeOnly "org.apiguardian:apiguardian-api:${apiGuardianVersion}"
 
diff --git a/poi-integration/build.gradle b/poi-integration/build.gradle
index 3dd62c2e44..0318c2f7af 100644
--- a/poi-integration/build.gradle
+++ b/poi-integration/build.gradle
@@ -77,9 +77,7 @@ dependencies {
         }
     }
     testImplementation project(path: ':poi-ooxml-lite-agent', configuration: 'archives')
-    testImplementation ("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:${log4jVersion}") {
-        exclude group: 'org.hamcrest', module: 'hamcrest-core'
-    }
+    testImplementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:${log4jVersion}"
     testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.0'
     testRuntimeOnly "org.apiguardian:apiguardian-api:${apiGuardianVersion}"
 
diff --git a/poi-ooxml/build.gradle b/poi-ooxml/build.gradle
index 8b0ca8515a..f8dad94e98 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/build.gradle
+++ b/poi-ooxml/build.gradle
@@ -144,9 +144,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     // prevent slf4j warnings coming from xmlsec -> slf4j-api 1.7.x dependency
     // see https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/log4j-slf4j-impl/
-    testImplementation ("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:${log4jVersion}") {
-        exclude group: 'org.hamcrest', module: 'hamcrest-core'
-    }
+    testImplementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:${log4jVersion}"
     testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.0'
 
     if (SAXON_TEST) {