diff --git a/metafacture-runner/build.gradle b/metafacture-runner/build.gradle
index f40402c5d..2476fdbf3 100644
--- a/metafacture-runner/build.gradle
+++ b/metafacture-runner/build.gradle
@@ -73,7 +73,10 @@ dependencies {
   // class loader which was used to load the classes of the slf4j-api. Until
   // a solution is found for this problem, the binding need to be placed on the
   // class path:
-  runtimeOnly "org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:${versions.slf4j}"
+  runtimeOnly("org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:${versions.slf4j}") {
+    // Prevent multiple SLF4J bindings warning:
+    exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module: 'slf4j-reload4j'
+  }
 
   // The following dependencies are placed in the "provided" scope to prevent
   // them from being included in the class path but still have them available