diff --git a/maven-resolver-tools/pom.xml b/maven-resolver-tools/pom.xml
index edd1f926e..eb57659aa 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-resolver-tools/pom.xml
@@ -172,8 +172,8 @@
org.slf4j
- slf4j-nop
- runtime
+ slf4j-simple
+ test
diff --git a/maven-resolver-tools/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/tools/CollectConfiguration.java b/maven-resolver-tools/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/tools/CollectConfiguration.java
index 387bcc952..79d662b6b 100644
--- a/maven-resolver-tools/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/tools/CollectConfiguration.java
+++ b/maven-resolver-tools/src/main/java/org/eclipse/aether/tools/CollectConfiguration.java
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ private static List resolveClasspath() {
* Reads back the intermediate properties file produced by {@link ConfigurationCollectorDoclet} into the list of
* maps consumed by the Velocity templates.
*/
- protected List