diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 522b29d45f..b5a3dff7fd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
         <junit.version>5.10.1</junit.version>
         <fabric8-client.version>6.13.3</fabric8-client.version>
-        <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
         <log4j.version>2.23.1</log4j.version>
         <mokito.version>5.12.0</mokito.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.16.0</commons-lang3.version>