diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5fdc24f23b..ea982b7669 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
         <ant.version>1.10.14</ant.version>
         <javadoc.plugin.version>3.6.3</javadoc.plugin.version>
         <antlr.version>4.9.3</antlr.version>
-        <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
         <saxon.version>12.5</saxon.version>
 
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>