diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 922e3bf..d18c8ab 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
     <properties>
         <vertx.version>4.5.13</vertx.version>
         <hazelcast.version>5.5.0</hazelcast.version>
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.9</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
         <logback.version>1.5.16</logback.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
     </properties>