diff --git a/tools/pom.xml b/tools/pom.xml
index 9667d409..e068ea06 100644
--- a/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         <lib.commons.text.version>1.12.0</lib.commons.text.version>
         <lib.json.schema.validator>1.5.5</lib.json.schema.validator>
         <lib.unirest.version>1.4.9</lib.unirest.version>
-        <lib.slf4j.api>2.0.16</lib.slf4j.api>
+        <lib.slf4j.api>2.0.18</lib.slf4j.api>
     </properties>
 
     <scm>