Failure to find artefact SLF4J when including it in a maven project that uses jmeter plugin with maria-db connect included - maven

Question

The jmx file uses a JSR223 sample to run some selenium code and at some point it needs to connect to a maria database to get a code.
pom:
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>org.example</groupId>
<artifactId>kp-load-test</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<repositories>
<repository>
<id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
<name>Sonatype Nexus Snapshots</name>
<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.codeborne</groupId>
<artifactId>selenide</artifactId>
<version>5.7.0</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
<artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
<version>2.4.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.6.0</version>
<configuration>
<source>1.8</source>
<target>1.8</target>
</configuration>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>com.lazerycode.jmeter</groupId>
<artifactId>jmeter-maven-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.1.0</version>
<executions>
<!-- Generate JMeter configuration -->
<execution>
<id>configuration</id>
<goals>
<goal>configure</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<!-- Run JMeter tests -->
<execution>
<id>jmeter-tests</id>
<goals>
<goal>jmeter</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
<!-- Fail build on errors in test -->
<execution>
<id>jmeter-check-results</id>
<goals>
<goal>results</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
<configuration>
<jmeterExtensions>
<artifact>com.codeborne:selenide:5.7.0</artifact>
<artifact>org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client:2.4.0</artifact>
</jmeterExtensions>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
Running the following command : mvn clean verify throws the following error
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal com.lazerycode.jmeter:jmeter-maven-plugin:3.1.0:configure (configuration) on project kp-load-test: Failure to find org.slf4j:slf4j-api:jar:[1.4.0,1.7.25] in https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots was cached in the local repository, resolution will not be reattempted until the update interval of sonatype-nexus-snapshots has elapsed or updates are forced -> [Help 1]
If i comment the mariadb artifact from jmeterExtensions, the code selenium code will run and throw a driver exception when it reaches the jdbc part.
Looking in the mariadb jar i found the pom contained the following:
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
<version>[1.4.0,1.7.25]</version>
<optional>true</optional>
</dependency>
How can I pass mariadb artefact without generating that error?

Answer 1

Had to add
<downloadExtensionDependencies>false</downloadExtensionDependencies>
Afterwards i added each library needed for the script to run
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