java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: LoggerFactory is not a Logback LoggerContext but Logback is on the classpath

Question

I am getting the following error when I build my project, I tried various other StackOverflow answers but all in vain.

Also tried to exclude logback from all the dependencies,

configurations {
    implementation {
        exclude group: 'ch.qos.logback', module: 'logback-classic'
    }
}

And the above does solve the problem but gives another error java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: ch/qos/logback/classic/turbo/TurboFilter, seems like it is using logback some place else and hence logback cannot be excluded from all the dependencies. Any suggestion on how to get rid of the issue would be really valuable. Thanks.

Error log

Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: LoggerFactory is not a Logback LoggerContext but Logback is on the classpath. Either remove Logback or the competing implementation (class org.jboss.slf4j.JBossLoggerFactory loaded from file:/C:/Users/idnpga/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.infinispan/infinispan-embedded/9.1.7.Final/6b94fd0e5872b8ce90ab35531afe90d1efaf36f0/infinispan-embedded-9.1.7.Final.jar). If you are using WebLogic you will need to add 'org.slf4j' to prefer-application-packages in WEB-INF/weblogic.xml: org.jboss.slf4j.JBossLoggerFactory at org.springframework.util.Assert.instanceCheckFailed(Assert.java:696) at org.springframework.util.Assert.isInstanceOf(Assert.java:596) at org.springframework.boot.logging.logback.LogbackLoggingSystem.getLoggerContext(LogbackLoggingSystem.java:284) at org.springframework.boot.logging.logback.LogbackLoggingSystem.beforeInitialize(LogbackLoggingSystem.java:104) at org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.onApplicationStartingEvent(LoggingApplicationListener.java:232) at org.springframework.boot.context.logging.LoggingApplicationListener.onApplicationEvent(LoggingApplicationListener.java:213) at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.doInvokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:172) at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.invokeListener(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:165) at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:139) at org.springframework.context.event.SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.multicastEvent(SimpleApplicationEventMulticaster.java:127) at org.springframework.boot.context.event.EventPublishingRunListener.starting(EventPublishingRunListener.java:74) at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplicationRunListeners.starting(SpringApplicationRunListeners.java:47) at org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication.run(SpringApplication.java:305) at org.springframework.boot.test.context.SpringBootContextLoader.loadContext(SpringBootContextLoader.java:120) at org.springframework.test.context.cache.DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContextInternal(DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:99) at org.springframework.test.context.cache.DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.loadContext(DefaultCacheAwareContextLoaderDelegate.java:124) ... 81 more

build.gradle

dependencies {
        implementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator')
        implementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-amqp')
        implementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb')
        implementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-data-rest')
        implementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-integration')
        implementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security')
        implementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-thymeleaf') {
            exclude group: 'org.codehaus.groovy', module: 'groovy'
        }
        implementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web')
        implementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-web-services')
        implementation group: 'org.springframework.cloud', name: 'spring-cloud-starter-config', version: '2.0.5.RELEASE'
        implementation('org.springframework.data:spring-data-rest-hal-explorer')
        implementation('org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-amqp')
        implementation('org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-mongodb')
        implementation('org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-file')
        implementation('org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-http')
        implementation('org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-ip')
        implementation('org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-sftp')
        implementation('org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-stream')
        implementation('org.springframework.integration:spring-integration-xml')
        implementation('org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-security') {
            exclude group: 'org.opensaml:opensaml-saml-impl'
        }
        implementation ('org.springframework.security:spring-security-oauth2-core') {
            exclude group: 'org.codehaus.jackson'
        }
        
        implementation group: 'org.springframework.data', name: 'spring-data-mongodb', version: '3.0.4.RELEASE'
        implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-validation'
        implementation group: 'org.springframework.cloud', name: 'spring-cloud-starter-netflix-hystrix', version: '2.1.5.RELEASE'

        implementation 'org.infinispan:infinispan-spring-boot-starter-parent:14.0.0.Dev01'
        implementation 'org.infinispan:spring-boot-starter-infinispan-autoconfigure:1.0.0'
        implementation('org.infinispan:infinispan-embedded:9.1.7.Final')

        implementation group: 'ch.qos.logback', name: 'logback-core', version: '1.2.9'
        testImplementation group: 'ch.qos.logback', name: 'logback-core', version: '1.2.9'
        implementation group: 'ch.qos.logback', name: 'logback-classic', version: '1.2.9'
        testImplementation group: 'ch.qos.logback', name: 'logback-classic', version: '1.2.9'


        testImplementation('org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-test') {
            exclude group: 'org.junit.vintage',  module : 'junit-vintage-engine'
        }
        testImplementation('org.springframework.ws:spring-ws-test')
        testImplementation("org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-contract-wiremock:3.1.1")
        
        testImplementation("org.springframework.cloud:spring-cloud-starter-contract-verifier") {
            exclude group: 'org.springframework.boot',  module : 'spring-boot-starter-test'
        }
    }