4.0.0 com.covisint.core slf4j-bom 1.7.6 pom http://covisint.com SLF4J Bill of Material POM com.covisint.core slf4j-bom 1.7.6 pom import And then declare your dependency on the SLF4J artifacts *without* a version. ]]> org.slf4j jcl-over-slf4j ${project.version} org.slf4j jul-to-slf4j ${project.version} org.slf4j jcl104-over-slf4j ${project.version} org.slf4j log4j-over-slf4j ${project.version} org.slf4j osgi-over-slf4j ${project.version} org.slf4j slf4j-api ${project.version} org.slf4j slf4j-jcl ${project.version} org.slf4j slf4j-jdk14 ${slf4j.version} org.slf4j slf4j-log4j12 ${project.version} The Apache Software License, Version 2.0 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt http://github.com/Covisint scm:git:git://github.com/Covisint.git nextgen-dev NextGen Platform Development Team NextGen Platform http://github.com/Covisint owner developer dev@covisint.com -5