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

When multiple bindings are available on the class path, select one and only one binding you wish to use, and remove the other bindings.

Try removing explicitly added dependency of 'org.slf4j' or 'log4j2'.