diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bcdb7b6640..b53c227712 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@
 				<!-- Logging support -->
 				<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 				<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-				<version>2.0.17</version>
+				<version>2.0.18</version>
 			</dependency>
 
 		</dependencies>