diff --git a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-2.7/log4j-2.7.gradle b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-2.7/log4j-2.7.gradle
index c0f1aba95a..1f2c850c8d 100644
--- a/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-2.7/log4j-2.7.gradle
+++ b/instrumentation/log4j/log4j-2.7/log4j-2.7.gradle
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ muzzle {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  compileOnly group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-core', version: '2.7'
+  library group: 'org.apache.logging.log4j', name: 'log4j-core', version: '2.7'
 
   testImplementation project(':instrumentation:log4j:log4j-2-testing')