diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8ebc94db..9bef2240 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.4</version>
+            <version>2.0.16</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>