diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f63ad8df..d253aa16 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.13</version>
+            <version>2.0.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>