diff --git a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/build.gradle b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/build.gradle
index 967e75fe3bc..eb2cf75c6e3 100644
--- a/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/build.gradle
+++ b/spring-boot-project/spring-boot-actuator-autoconfigure/build.gradle
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ dependencies {
 	}
 	optional("org.apache.kafka:kafka-clients")
 	optional("org.apache.kafka:kafka-streams")
+	optional("org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api")
 	optional("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core")
 	optional("org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-el")
 	optional("org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jdbc")