diff --git a/metrics-jakarta-servlets/pom.xml b/metrics-jakarta-servlets/pom.xml
index d8e6862a28..856e35adfa 100644
--- a/metrics-jakarta-servlets/pom.xml
+++ b/metrics-jakarta-servlets/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
         <papertrail.profiler.version>1.1.1</papertrail.profiler.version>
         <servlet.version>5.0.0</servlet.version>
         <jackson.version>2.12.7.1</jackson.version>
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.5</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.6</slf4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
                 <artifactId>byte-buddy</artifactId>
                 <version>${byte-buddy.version}</version>
             </dependency>
+            <dependency>
+                <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+                <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+            </dependency>
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
diff --git a/metrics-jetty10/pom.xml b/metrics-jetty10/pom.xml
index 6ed5b4989a..2581390d71 100644
--- a/metrics-jetty10/pom.xml
+++ b/metrics-jetty10/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
 
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.0-alpha6</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.6</slf4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/metrics-jetty11/pom.xml b/metrics-jetty11/pom.xml
index 0a161f57a1..0ad45d1060 100644
--- a/metrics-jetty11/pom.xml
+++ b/metrics-jetty11/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
 
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.5</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.6</slf4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/metrics-logback13/pom.xml b/metrics-logback13/pom.xml
index 25ab582be8..80037dc439 100644
--- a/metrics-logback13/pom.xml
+++ b/metrics-logback13/pom.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     <properties>
         <javaModuleName>io.dropwizard.metrics.logback13</javaModuleName>
         <logback13.version>1.3.5</logback13.version>
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.0</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.6</slf4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>