diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7b97ccd..f682c3f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 *.gem
-Gemfile.lock
 .bundle
 vendor
 .idea
@@ -10,4 +9,5 @@ build
 *.ipr
 out
 .rakeTasks
-
+Gemfile.lock
+lib/logstash-input-beats_jars.rb
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d73dd47..07dc542 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+## 6.2.7
+  - Build: skip shadowing jar dependencies [#187](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-tcp/pull/187)
+    * plugin no longer shadows dependencies into its *logstash-input-tcp.jar*
+    * log4j-api is now a provided dependency and is no longer packaged with the plugin
+
 ## 6.2.6
   - [DOC] Fix incorrect pipeline code snippet [#194](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-tcp/pull/194)
   - Update log4j dependency to 2.17.1 [#196](https://github.com/logstash-plugins/logstash-input-tcp/pull/196)
-  
+
 ## 6.2.5
   - Update log4j dependency to 2.17.0
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0b0d2a0..bcda498 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -34,39 +34,52 @@ buildscript {
     mavenCentral()
     gradlePluginPortal()
   }
-
-  dependencies {
-    classpath 'gradle.plugin.com.github.jengelman.gradle.plugins:shadow:7.0.0'
-  }
 }
 
 repositories {
   mavenCentral()
 }
 
-apply plugin: 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow'
-
-shadowJar {
-  classifier = null
-}
-
 dependencies {
   testImplementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-core:2.17.1'
 
   implementation 'io.netty:netty-all:4.1.65.Final'
   implementation group: 'commons-io', name: 'commons-io', version: '2.8.0' // used from Netty
-  implementation 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.17.1'
-
+  compileOnly 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api:2.17.1' // provided by Logstash
+  compileOnly group: 'org.jruby', name: 'jruby-complete', version: "9.1.13.0" // provided by Logstash
   // 1.60 effectively means jruby-openssl >= 0.10.2 (logstash > 6.7)
-  compileOnly group: 'org.bouncycastle', name: 'bcpkix-jdk15on', version: "1.60"
+  compileOnly group: 'org.bouncycastle', name: 'bcpkix-jdk15on', version: "1.60"  // provided by Logstash (JRuby-OpenSSL)
 }
 
-task vendor(dependsOn: shadowJar) {
+task generateGemJarRequiresFile {
+  doLast {
+    File jars_file = file('lib/logstash-input-tcp_jars.rb')
+    jars_file.newWriter().withWriter { w ->
+      w << "# AUTOGENERATED BY THE GRADLE SCRIPT. DO NOT EDIT.\n\n"
+      w << "require \'jar_dependencies\'\n"
+      configurations.runtimeClasspath.allDependencies.each {
+        w << "require_jar(\'${it.group}\', \'${it.name}\', \'${it.version}\')\n"
+      }
+      w << "\nrequire_jar(\'${project.group}\', \'${project.name}\', \'${project.version}\')\n"
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+task vendor {
   doLast {
     String vendorPathPrefix = "vendor/jar-dependencies"
+    configurations.runtimeClasspath.allDependencies.each { dep ->
+      File f = configurations.runtimeClasspath.filter { it.absolutePath.contains("${dep.group}/${dep.name}/${dep.version}") }.singleFile
+      String groupPath = dep.group.replaceAll('\\.', '/')
+      File newJarFile = file("${vendorPathPrefix}/${groupPath}/${dep.name}/${dep.version}/${dep.name}-${dep.version}.jar")
+      newJarFile.mkdirs()
+      Files.copy(f.toPath(), newJarFile.toPath(), REPLACE_EXISTING)
+    }
     String projectGroupPath = project.group.replaceAll('\\.', '/')
     File projectJarFile = file("${vendorPathPrefix}/${projectGroupPath}/${project.name}/${project.version}/${project.name}-${project.version}.jar")
     projectJarFile.mkdirs()
     Files.copy(file("$buildDir/libs/${project.name}-${project.version}.jar").toPath(), projectJarFile.toPath(), REPLACE_EXISTING)
   }
 }
+
+vendor.dependsOn(jar, generateGemJarRequiresFile)
diff --git a/lib/logstash-input-tcp_jars.rb b/lib/logstash-input-tcp_jars.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c07cae..0000000
--- a/lib/logstash-input-tcp_jars.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# encoding: utf-8
-
-require 'jar_dependencies'
-require_jar('org.logstash.inputs', 'logstash-input-tcp', ::File.read(::File.join(::File.dirname(__FILE__), '../version')).split("\n").first)
diff --git a/version b/version
index 09d22fa..d938f42 100644
--- a/version
+++ b/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-6.2.6
+6.2.7