How can i include a dependency which is excluded in configration level in gradle?

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I am using a gradle plugin which is having a configuration level exclude of commons-logging, like below pattern.

project.configurations {
    all*.exclude group: 'commons-logging', module: 'commons-logging'
}

I cannot change the plugin exclusion, but i need this dependency and plugin in my project. How can i force include this dependency ?