diff --git a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging-jul.mod b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging-jul.mod
index e105cd5c97d..7bdafbf740a 100644
--- a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging-jul.mod
+++ b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging-jul.mod
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ lib/logging/slf4j-jdk14-${slf4j.version}.jar
 -Djava.util.logging.config.file=${jetty.base}/resources/java-util-logging.properties
 
 [ini]
-slf4j.version?=2.0.0-alpha4
+slf4j.version?=2.0.0-alpha5
 
 [license]
 SLF4J is distributed under the MIT License.
diff --git a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging/slf4j.mod b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging/slf4j.mod
index d3c4035ae5d..9eb3eeeba47 100644
--- a/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging/slf4j.mod
+++ b/jetty-home/src/main/resources/modules/logging/slf4j.mod
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ slf4j
 lib/logging/slf4j-api-${slf4j.version}.jar
 
 [ini]
-slf4j.version?=2.0.0-alpha4
+slf4j.version?=2.0.0-alpha5
 jetty.webapp.addServerClasses+=,org.slf4j.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7f3a5be5a4e..59ad3e5cb2d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <build-support.version>1.5</build-support.version>
     <checkstyle.version>8.37</checkstyle.version>
-    <slf4j.version>2.0.0-alpha4</slf4j.version>
+    <slf4j.version>2.0.0-alpha5</slf4j.version>
     <log4j2.version>2.14.0</log4j2.version>
     <logback.version>1.3.0-alpha9</logback.version>
     <disruptor.version>3.4.2</disruptor.version>