diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 58b03db9c271..175352a3243b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
         <surefire.version>2.18.1</surefire.version>
         <guice.version>4.0</guice.version>
         <drools.version>6.3.0.Final</drools.version>
-        <slf4j.version>1.7.16</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>1.7.18</slf4j.version>
         <log4j.version>2.5</log4j.version>
         <mongojack.version>2.5.1</mongojack.version>
         <swagger.version>1.3.12</swagger.version>