diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 588907f..97fcdd3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
     <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
     <!-- rat plugin is no good at validating EPL headers out of the box -->
     <rat.skip>true</rat.skip>
-    <version.slf4j>2.0.13</version.slf4j>
+    <version.slf4j>2.0.16</version.slf4j>
   </properties>
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>