diff --git a/activemq-tooling/maven-activemq-perf-plugin/pom.xml b/activemq-tooling/maven-activemq-perf-plugin/pom.xml
index d75674ca2e..48e207b19d 100644
--- a/activemq-tooling/maven-activemq-perf-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/activemq-tooling/maven-activemq-perf-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-            <scope>test</scope>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+            <version>${slf4j-version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>