diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/aws-java/aws-java-sns-1.0/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/aws-java/aws-java-sns-1.0/build.gradle
index 6ad983c5c4a..93f5d7abd56 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/aws-java/aws-java-sns-1.0/build.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/aws-java/aws-java-sns-1.0/build.gradle
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ muzzle {
     module = "aws-java-sdk-sns"
     versions = "[1.12.113,2)"
     assertInverse = true
+    excludeDependency 'joda-time:joda-time'
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/cucumber-5.4/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/cucumber-5.4/build.gradle
index 71e97c4a5a1..81de920075e 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/cucumber-5.4/build.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/cucumber-5.4/build.gradle
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ muzzle {
     group = 'io.cucumber'
     module = 'cucumber-core'
     versions = '[5.4.0,)'
+    excludeDependency 'io.cucumber:query'
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-7.3/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-7.3/build.gradle
index 95f129cf6d6..3f9f1b5bf55 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-7.3/build.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-transport/elasticsearch-transport-7.3/build.gradle
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ muzzle {
     versions = "[7.3,8.0.0)"
     assertInverse = true
     skipVersions = ["7.11.0", "7.17.8"]
+    excludeDependency 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api'
   }
   pass {
     group = "org.elasticsearch"
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ muzzle {
     versions = "[7.3,8.0.0)"
     assertInverse = true
     skipVersions = ["7.11.0", "7.17.8", "8.8.0", "9.3.0"]
+    excludeDependency 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api'
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-cloud-zuul-2.0/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-cloud-zuul-2.0/build.gradle
index 55e00914bd6..08c52fabf4b 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-cloud-zuul-2.0/build.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-cloud-zuul-2.0/build.gradle
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ muzzle {
     versions = "[,]"
     extraDependency "com.netflix.zuul:zuul-core:1.3.1"
     extraDependency "javax.servlet:javax.servlet-api:3.1.0"
+    excludeDependency 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-to-slf4j'
     assertInverse = true
   }
 }
diff --git a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-rabbit-1.5/build.gradle b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-rabbit-1.5/build.gradle
index b1c9441a9e5..78cfe257bbc 100644
--- a/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-rabbit-1.5/build.gradle
+++ b/dd-java-agent/instrumentation/spring/spring-rabbit-1.5/build.gradle
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ muzzle {
     module = 'spring-boot-starter-amqp'
     versions = '[1.5.0.RELEASE,3)'
     extraDependency 'com.rabbitmq:amqp-client:2.7.0'
+    excludeDependency 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-to-slf4j'
   }
 }