Multiple SLF4J bindings cause error?

Question

I have a problem with my dependency tree and multiple SLF4J binding. What I found out so far is that usually this only causes a warning but in my case it seems to prevent my

Answer 1

I would suggest to use following dependency in maven instead,

log4j
log4j
1.2.17

This has solved my problem although I have more dependencies using slf4j.