diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0a7716d36ed20..e7fd67e6d0f41 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.</description>
     <hbc-core.version>2.2.0</hbc-core.version>
     <cassandra-driver-core.version>3.6.0</cassandra-driver-core.version>
     <aerospike-client.version>4.4.8</aerospike-client.version>
-    <kafka-client.version>2.7.0</kafka-client.version>
+    <kafka-client.version>2.7.2</kafka-client.version>
     <rabbitmq-client.version>5.1.1</rabbitmq-client.version>
     <aws-sdk.version>1.11.774</aws-sdk.version>
     <avro.version>1.10.2</avro.version>
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API.</description>
     <postgresql-jdbc.version>42.2.24</postgresql-jdbc.version>
     <clickhouse-jdbc.version>0.3.2</clickhouse-jdbc.version>
     <mariadb-jdbc.version>2.6.0</mariadb-jdbc.version>
-    <hdfs-offload-version3>3.3.0</hdfs-offload-version3>
+    <hdfs-offload-version3>3.3.1</hdfs-offload-version3>
     <elasticsearch.version>7.9.1</elasticsearch.version>
     <presto.version>332</presto.version>
     <scala.binary.version>2.13</scala.binary.version>
diff --git a/pulsar-io/debezium/core/pom.xml b/pulsar-io/debezium/core/pom.xml
index 4453b34427e3d..e14cf77bcbc8d 100644
--- a/pulsar-io/debezium/core/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-io/debezium/core/pom.xml
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>connect-runtime</artifactId>
       <version>${kafka-client.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+          <artifactId>kafka-log4j-appender</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pulsar-io/hbase/pom.xml b/pulsar-io/hbase/pom.xml
index d178cdcbe9a31..4f8986541ebe7 100644
--- a/pulsar-io/hbase/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-io/hbase/pom.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.hbase</groupId>
             <artifactId>hbase-client</artifactId>
             <version>${hbase.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
diff --git a/pulsar-io/hdfs2/pom.xml b/pulsar-io/hdfs2/pom.xml
index 4198ea42379b2..7e814b2f40fae 100644
--- a/pulsar-io/hdfs2/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-io/hdfs2/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@
   		<groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
   		<artifactId>hadoop-client</artifactId>
   		<version>2.8.5</version>
+        <exclusions>
+            <exclusion>
+                <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+            <exclusion>
+                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+        </exclusions>
   	</dependency>
     <dependency>
        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
diff --git a/pulsar-io/hdfs3/pom.xml b/pulsar-io/hdfs3/pom.xml
index d2422f5358eaa..0c1a2a1d22432 100644
--- a/pulsar-io/hdfs3/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-io/hdfs3/pom.xml
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@
             <groupId>jakarta.activation</groupId>
             <artifactId>jakarta.activation-api</artifactId>
           </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
+          <exclusion>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+          </exclusion>
         </exclusions>
   	</dependency>
 
diff --git a/pulsar-io/kafka-connect-adaptor/pom.xml b/pulsar-io/kafka-connect-adaptor/pom.xml
index 7d3c9a08439c0..bb4e540768471 100644
--- a/pulsar-io/kafka-connect-adaptor/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-io/kafka-connect-adaptor/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
       <artifactId>connect-runtime</artifactId>
       <version>${kafka-client.version}</version>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>
+          <artifactId>kafka-log4j-appender</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/pulsar-io/kafka/pom.xml b/pulsar-io/kafka/pom.xml
index 7002a73b7829e..cb250680f2ad3 100644
--- a/pulsar-io/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/pulsar-io/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,16 @@
       <groupId>io.confluent</groupId>
       <artifactId>kafka-schema-registry</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>
diff --git a/tiered-storage/file-system/pom.xml b/tiered-storage/file-system/pom.xml
index 590d1f4ad703f..afe13500bcb4e 100644
--- a/tiered-storage/file-system/pom.xml
+++ b/tiered-storage/file-system/pom.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.hadoop</groupId>
             <artifactId>hadoop-common</artifactId>
             <version>${hdfs-offload-version3}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>log4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>