Add slf4j exclusion + use property for ai.djl version

Author: Dohbedoh

langchain4j-embeddings/pom.xml

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@
     <artifactId>langchain4j-embeddings</artifactId>
     <name>langchain4j-embeddings</name>
     <description>Common functionality for other langchain4j-embeddings-xxx modules</description>
+    
+    <properties>
+        <ai.djl.version>0.28.0</ai.djl.version>
+    </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
 
@@ -32,13 +36,17 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ai.djl</groupId>
             <artifactId>api</artifactId>
-            <version>0.28.0</version>
+            <version>${ai.djl.version}</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <!-- due to CVE-2024-26308 and CVE-2024-25710-->
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
                     <artifactId>commons-compress</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
@@ -50,7 +58,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ai.djl.huggingface</groupId>
             <artifactId>tokenizers</artifactId>
-            <version>0.28.0</version>
+            <version>${ai.djl.version}</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
                     <groupId>ai.djl</groupId>