diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index b0645fe..c379abd 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation 'com.google.guava:guava:33.2.1-jre'
   runtimeOnly 'com.h2database:h2:2.3.230'
   implementation 'c3p0:c3p0:0.9.1.2'
-  implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.15'
+  implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.16'
   runtimeOnly 'org.slf4j:slf4j-log4j12:2.0.15'
   testImplementation 'org.hamcrest:hamcrest-all:1.3'
   testImplementation('junit:junit:4.13.2') {transitive = false}