diff --git a/example/app-assert/pom.xml b/example/app-assert/pom.xml
index 3051abe226..d9ee56fb6b 100644
--- a/example/app-assert/pom.xml
+++ b/example/app-assert/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@
 					<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
 					<artifactId>guava</artifactId>
 				</exclusion>
+				<exclusion>
+					<!-- Avoid incompatible slf4j -->
+					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
diff --git a/example/app-framework/pom.xml b/example/app-framework/pom.xml
index 220e1d6aed..c459d087c4 100644
--- a/example/app-framework/pom.xml
+++ b/example/app-framework/pom.xml
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@
 			<!-- REST framework -->
 			<groupId>com.sparkjava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spark-core</artifactId>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<!-- Avoid incompatible slf4j -->
+					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/example/app-itest/pom.xml b/example/app-itest/pom.xml
index 1eee0df7f1..72dd832e59 100644
--- a/example/app-itest/pom.xml
+++ b/example/app-itest/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@
 			<!-- REST framework, used to run the services and serve the test report -->
 			<groupId>com.sparkjava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spark-core</artifactId>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<!-- Avoid incompatible slf4j -->
+					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- The test suite can instantiate the application, so obviously it needs 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e7111929d3..943b567a20 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -155,10 +155,10 @@
 			</dependency>
 
 			<dependency>
-				<!-- Logging support (version dictated by spark) -->
+				<!-- Logging support -->
 				<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 				<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-				<version>1.7.32</version>
+				<version>2.0.6</version>
 			</dependency>
 
 		</dependencies>
diff --git a/report/report-core/pom.xml b/report/report-core/pom.xml
index bd42379fdb..0c84869f85 100644
--- a/report/report-core/pom.xml
+++ b/report/report-core/pom.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,13 @@
 			<groupId>com.sparkjava</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spark-core</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<!-- Avoid incompatible slf4j -->
+					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -70,6 +77,13 @@
 			<groupId>io.github.bonigarcia</groupId>
 			<artifactId>webdrivermanager</artifactId>
 			<scope>test</scope>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<!-- Avoid incompatible slf4j -->
+					<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+					<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>