diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/MavenSlf4jSimpleFriend.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/MavenSlf4jSimpleFriend.java
index 3299fc86ba..bffd18c676 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/MavenSlf4jSimpleFriend.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/MavenSlf4jSimpleFriend.java
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
+import org.slf4j.ILoggerFactory;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
 /**
  * Utility for Maven to access Slf4j-Simple internals through package access.
  * Use with precaution, since this is not normally intended for production use.
@@ -28,6 +31,10 @@ public class MavenSlf4jSimpleFriend
     public static void init()
     {
         SimpleLogger.init();
-        SimpleLoggerFactory.INSTANCE.reset();
+        ILoggerFactory loggerFactory = LoggerFactory.getILoggerFactory();
+        if ( loggerFactory instanceof SimpleLoggerFactory )
+        {
+            ( (SimpleLoggerFactory) loggerFactory ).reset();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e558d2a910..b0ca441635 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@
     <cipherVersion>1.7</cipherVersion>
     <modelloVersion>1.7</modelloVersion>
     <jxpathVersion>1.3</jxpathVersion>
-    <slf4jVersion>1.7.3</slf4jVersion>
     <aetherVersion>0.9.0.M2</aetherVersion>
+    <slf4jVersion>1.7.4</slf4jVersion>
     <maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>true</maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>
     <!-- Control the name of the distribution and information output by mvn -->
     <distributionId>apache-maven</distributionId>