diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ebed8510..928c6df5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@
         <commons-configuration.version>1.10</commons-configuration.version>
         <maven-plugin-api.version>3.9.15</maven-plugin-api.version>
         <maven-plugin-annotations.version>3.15.2</maven-plugin-annotations.version>
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.18</slf4j.version>
         <logback.version>1.5.32</logback.version>
         <!-- versions of test dependencies -->
         <jacoco.version>0.8.12</jacoco.version>