diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d7bf9142b..b52370dcb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
         <mssqlserver.jdbc.driver.version>8.4.1.jre8</mssqlserver.jdbc.driver.version>
         <postgresql.version>42.4.4</postgresql.version>
         <jtds.driver.version>1.3.1</jtds.driver.version>
-        <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
         <reload4j.version>1.2.19</reload4j.version>
         <licenses.name>Confluent Community License</licenses.name>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>