diff --git a/agent/build.gradle b/agent/build.gradle
index cdcbbdda..9a10396a 100644
--- a/agent/build.gradle
+++ b/agent/build.gradle
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ tasks {
     }
     exclude("**/module-info.class")
     exclude("inst/com/appoptics/opentelemetry/core/**")
-    exclude("inst/io/opentelemetry/javaagent/slf4j/**")
     relocatePackages(it)
 
     manifest {
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e025725e..0a7e6ac2 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ subprojects {
                 bytebuddy             : "1.12.10",
                 guava                 : "30.1-jre",
                 appopticsCore         : "7.8.1",
-                agent                 : "0.15.0-alpha", // the custom distro agent version
+                agent                 : "0.15.0-alpha.1", // the custom distro agent version
                 autoservice           : "1.0.1",
         ]
         versions.appopticsMetrics = "${versions.appopticsCore}" // they share the same version now