diff --git a/bukkit/pom.xml b/bukkit/pom.xml
index 28a6eb17..a8a5597d 100644
--- a/bukkit/pom.xml
+++ b/bukkit/pom.xml
@@ -150,6 +150,13 @@
             <artifactId>paper-api</artifactId>
             <version>1.18-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
+            <!-- Use our own newer api version -->
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- PaperLib for checking if server uses PaperSpigot -->