diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5b25e894..90591108 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.13</version>
+            <version>2.0.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>