diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 579147f0b2..4d4d223758 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@
     <!-- number of threads/forks to use when running tests in parallel, see parallel-tests profile -->
     <testsThreadCount>4</testsThreadCount>
 
-    <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
+    <slf4j.version>2.0.18</slf4j.version>
     <junit-bom.version>5.14.4</junit-bom.version>
     <mockito.version>4.11.0</mockito.version>
     <jacoco.version>0.8.14</jacoco.version>