diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/pom.xml b/qqq-backend-core/pom.xml
index d7c1e4cf..38bad7f5 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/pom.xml
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/pom.xml
@@ -169,6 +169,13 @@
          <version>2.3.2</version>
       </dependency>
 
+      <!-- Many of the deps we bring in use slf4j.  This dep maps slf4j to our logger, log4j -->
+      <dependency>
+         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+         <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+         <version>2.23.0</version>
+      </dependency>
+
       <!-- Common deps for all qqq modules -->
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
diff --git a/qqq-backend-module-mongodb/pom.xml b/qqq-backend-module-mongodb/pom.xml
index 58ddb23b..4aa23c36 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-module-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/qqq-backend-module-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -50,11 +50,6 @@
          <artifactId>mongodb-driver-sync</artifactId>
          <version>4.11.1</version>
       </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-         <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-         <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-         <version>2.23.0</version>
-      </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>