diff --git a/pulsar-io/kafka/pom.xml b/pulsar-io/kafka/pom.xml
index f6711e572ce37..252e49b16418f 100644
--- a/pulsar-io/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-io/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -83,18 +83,8 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
-      <artifactId>kafka-schema-registry</artifactId>
+      <artifactId>kafka-schema-registry-client</artifactId>
       <version>${kafka.confluent.schemaregistryclient.version}</version>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-          <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-          <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>