diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 81fca6fc..6c9b57ca 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ configurations {
 dependencies {
     implementation ('com.github.spotbugs:spotbugs:4.7.3') {
         exclude group: 'xml-apis', module: 'xml-apis'
+        exclude group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', module: 'log4j-api'
+        exclude group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', module: 'log4j-core'
+        exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module: 'slf4j-api'
     }
     implementation 'net.sf.saxon:Saxon-HE:12.3'
     implementation 'org.jsoup:jsoup:1.16.1'
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 391192e7..3ec95d36 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 # If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 #
 
-version=1.2.6
+version=1.2.7
 ijVersion=2022.2
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------