diff --git a/doc/changes/changelog.md b/doc/changes/changelog.md
index 4796e0d..d96483a 100644
--- a/doc/changes/changelog.md
+++ b/doc/changes/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Changes
 
+* [0.6.10](changes_0.6.10.md)
 * [0.6.9](changes_0.6.9.md)
 * [0.6.8](changes_0.6.8.md)
 * [0.6.7](changes_0.6.7.md)
diff --git a/doc/changes/changes_0.6.10.md b/doc/changes/changes_0.6.10.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a586b23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/changes/changes_0.6.10.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# Udf Debugging Java 0.6.10, released 2023-??-??
+
+Code name: Reduce dependencies
+
+## Summary
+
+This release replaces code that causes an unnecessary dependency on slf4j-api.
+
+## Refactoring
+
+* #55: Replaced code using `slf4j-api`
diff --git a/pk_generated_parent.pom b/pk_generated_parent.pom
index 3b5cb6c..cff79e0 100644
--- a/pk_generated_parent.pom
+++ b/pk_generated_parent.pom
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.exasol</groupId>
     <artifactId>udf-debugging-java-generated-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.6.9</version>
+    <version>0.6.10</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ceb1ad2..9b6ab6e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <artifactId>udf-debugging-java</artifactId>
-    <version>0.6.9</version>
+    <version>0.6.10</version>
     <name>udf-debugging-java</name>
     <description>Utilities for debugging, profiling and code coverage measure for UDFs.</description>
     <url>https://github.com/exasol/udf-debugging-java/</url>
@@ -12,16 +12,6 @@
         <junit.version>5.9.3</junit.version>
         <jacoco.version>0.8.10</jacoco.version>
     </properties>
-    <distributionManagement>
-        <snapshotRepository>
-            <id>ossrh</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-        </snapshotRepository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>ossrh</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
-        </repository>
-    </distributionManagement>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>jakarta.json</groupId>
@@ -98,8 +88,7 @@
             <version>1.3</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <!--Integration
-        test dependencies-->
+        <!--Integration test dependencies-->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.exasol</groupId>
             <artifactId>exasol-testcontainers</artifactId>
@@ -183,7 +172,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>udf-debugging-java-generated-parent</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.exasol</groupId>
-        <version>0.6.9</version>
+        <version>0.6.10</version>
         <relativePath>pk_generated_parent.pom</relativePath>
     </parent>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/exasol/udfdebugging/UdfTestSetup.java b/src/main/java/com/exasol/udfdebugging/UdfTestSetup.java
index 1946e9c..9332b07 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/exasol/udfdebugging/UdfTestSetup.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/exasol/udfdebugging/UdfTestSetup.java
@@ -2,11 +2,9 @@
 
 import java.sql.Connection;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
-import org.slf4j.Logger;
-import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-
 import com.exasol.bucketfs.Bucket;
 import com.exasol.exasoltestsetup.ExasolTestSetup;
 import com.exasol.udfdebugging.modules.coverage.CoverageModuleFactory;
@@ -20,7 +18,7 @@
 public class UdfTestSetup implements AutoCloseable {
     private static final List<ModuleFactory> AVAILABLE_MODULES = List.of(new DebuggingModuleFactory(),
             new CoverageModuleFactory(), new JProfilerModuleFactory(), new UdfLogsModuleFactory());
-    private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(UdfTestSetup.class);
+    private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger(UdfTestSetup.class.getName());
     private final List<Module> enabledModules;
 
     /**
@@ -69,15 +67,13 @@ public String[] getJvmOptions() {
     }
 
     private void printInfoMessage() {
-        if (LOGGER.isInfoEnabled()) {
-            LOGGER.info(getInfoMessage());
-        }
+        LOGGER.info(this::getInfoMessage);
     }
 
     private String getInfoMessage() {
-        return AVAILABLE_MODULES.stream()
+        return "UDF debug config: " + AVAILABLE_MODULES.stream()
                 .map(module -> module.getModulePropertyName() + ": " + (module.isEnabled() ? "✓" : "✗"))
-                .collect(Collectors.joining("; ")) + "\n";
+                .collect(Collectors.joining("; "));
     }
 
     @Override