diff --git a/hbase-shaded/pom.xml b/hbase-shaded/pom.xml
index 0f30d9fa448..29710dd260d 100644
--- a/hbase-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-        <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
     <build>
diff --git a/hbase-testing-util/pom.xml b/hbase-testing-util/pom.xml
index 274e8aa6a43..f254e4529db 100644
--- a/hbase-testing-util/pom.xml
+++ b/hbase-testing-util/pom.xml
@@ -215,7 +215,6 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 874188ce1a3..ca07b214849 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1296,7 +1296,7 @@
     <thrift.path>thrift</thrift.path>
     <thrift.version>0.12.0</thrift.version>
     <zookeeper.version>3.4.10</zookeeper.version>
-    <slf4j.version>1.7.7</slf4j.version>
+    <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
     <clover.version>4.0.3</clover.version>
     <jamon-runtime.version>2.4.1</jamon-runtime.version>
     <jettison.version>1.3.3</jettison.version>
@@ -1597,6 +1597,11 @@
         <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
         <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+        <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
+        <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.yammer.metrics</groupId>
         <artifactId>metrics-core</artifactId>