diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4a52c5004fe..ebcb6a2c5d4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.36</version>
+      <version>2.0.16</version>
     </dependency>
       <dependency>
       <groupId>commons-io</groupId>