diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2bc494fb4b..35fcb32a33 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.13</version>
+            <version>2.0.16</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>