diff --git a/bom/pom.xml b/bom/pom.xml
index f73a7bc2cd9..aa53d5b43bc 100644
--- a/bom/pom.xml
+++ b/bom/pom.xml
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ identified
 
         <select2.version>4.0.13</select2.version>
         <simpleslackapi.version>1.4.0</simpleslackapi.version>
-        <slf4j-api.version>2.0.17</slf4j-api.version> <!-- also provided by
+        <slf4j-api.version>2.0.18</slf4j-api.version> <!-- also provided by
         spring-boot-starter-logging, needed to solve convergence issues -->
 
         <sql-formatter.version>2.0.5</sql-formatter.version>