diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dd85d0ca12..d56a604e7b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@
       <netty-tcnative-version>2.0.65.Final</netty-tcnative-version>
       <proton.version>0.34.1</proton.version>
       <protonj2.version>1.0.0-M21</protonj2.version>
-      <slf4j.version>2.0.13</slf4j.version>
+      <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
       <log4j.version>2.23.1</log4j.version>
       <qpid.jms.version>1.11.0</qpid.jms.version>
       <johnzon.version>1.2.21</johnzon.version>