diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e1c70ee888c..4a4c9a55e90 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
       <netty-tcnative-version>2.0.77.Final</netty-tcnative-version>
       <proton.version>0.34.1</proton.version>
       <protonj2.version>1.1.0</protonj2.version>
-      <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
+      <slf4j.version>2.0.18</slf4j.version>
       <log4j.version>2.26.0</log4j.version>
       <qpid.jms.version>1.16.0</qpid.jms.version>
       <johnzon.version>1.3.0</johnzon.version>