diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 230840f05..0f2d4fe40 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.36</version>
+        <version>2.0.16</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>