diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 7bdd653a803..9e1aa9cb0af 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ object Dependencies {
 
   val junitVersion = "4.13.2"
   val junit5Version = "5.10.1"
-  val slf4jVersion = "2.0.11"
+  val slf4jVersion = "2.0.12"
   // check agrona version when updating this
   val aeronVersion = "1.43.0"
   // needs to be inline with the aeron version, check