diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 90f3df78b9..eaae85b125 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ subprojects {
         all {
             resolutionStrategy {
                 force "commons-io:commons-io:${commonsIoVersion}"
-                force 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.1'
+                force 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.2'
                 force 'com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:6.3.1'
             }
         }
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index e200e50fb4..7348045f06 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency prefix="ooxml.test.reflections" artifact="org.reflections:reflections:0.10.2" usage="ooxml-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="ooxml.test.guava" artifact="com.google.guava:guava:31.1-jre" usage="ooxml-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="ooxml.test.javassist" artifact="org.javassist:javassist:3.27.0-GA" usage="ooxml-tests"/>
-    <dependency prefix="ooxml.test.slf4j-api" artifact="org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.36" usage="ooxml-tests"/>
+    <dependency prefix="ooxml.test.slf4j-api" artifact="org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.2" usage="ooxml-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="ooxml.test.opczip" artifact="com.github.rzymek:opczip:1.2.0" usage="ooxml-tests"/>
 
     <!-- coverage libs -->
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency prefix="asm-tree" artifact="org.ow2.asm:asm-tree:9.3" usage="util"/>
 
     <!-- license and api checks -->
-    <dependency prefix="rat" artifact="org.apache.rat:apache-rat:0.13" usage="util"/>
+    <dependency prefix="rat" artifact="org.apache.rat:apache-rat:0.15" usage="util"/>
     <dependency prefix="forbidden" artifact="de.thetaphi:forbiddenapis:3.3" usage="util"/>
 
     <!-- See https://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm -->
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ under the License.
             <fileset dir="${basedir}/lib/ooxml-provided">
                 <include name="bc*-1.6*.jar"/>
                 <include name="batik*.jar"/>
-                <include name="slf4j*-1.7.30.jar"/>
+                <include name="slf4j*-1.*.jar"/>
                 <include name="xmlsec-2*.jar"/>
             </fileset>
             <fileset dir="${basedir}/lib/ooxml-tests">
diff --git a/poi-excelant/build.gradle b/poi-excelant/build.gradle
index 17c8bc9640..f8695cd784 100644
--- a/poi-excelant/build.gradle
+++ b/poi-excelant/build.gradle
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ dependencies {
     }
     testImplementation 'com.google.guava:guava:31.1-jre'
     testImplementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:${log4jVersion}"
-    testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.1'
+    testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.2'
     testRuntimeOnly "org.apiguardian:apiguardian-api:${apiGuardianVersion}"
 
     if (SAXON_TEST) {
diff --git a/poi-integration/build.gradle b/poi-integration/build.gradle
index 0ffa7058c4..bb74c04e87 100644
--- a/poi-integration/build.gradle
+++ b/poi-integration/build.gradle
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ dependencies {
     }
     testImplementation project(path: ':poi-ooxml-lite-agent', configuration: 'archives')
     testImplementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:${log4jVersion}"
-    testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.1'
+    testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.2'
     testRuntimeOnly "org.apiguardian:apiguardian-api:${apiGuardianVersion}"
 
     if (SAXON_TEST) {
diff --git a/poi-ooxml/build.gradle b/poi-ooxml/build.gradle
index 1ce356de71..7c81f8f702 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/build.gradle
+++ b/poi-ooxml/build.gradle
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ dependencies {
     // prevent slf4j warnings coming from xmlsec -> slf4j-api 1.7.x dependency
     // see https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/log4j-slf4j-impl/
     testImplementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:${log4jVersion}"
-    testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.1'
+    testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.2'
 
     if (SAXON_TEST) {
         testRuntimeOnly "net.sf.saxon:Saxon-HE:${saxonVersion}"