diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c3da79727e..a8c3ea1326 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     <!-- slf4j.version property is used below, in
          logback-classic/pom.xml, /logback-examples/src/main/resources/setClasspath.cmd, download.html
     -->    
-    <slf4j.version>2.0.15</slf4j.version>
+    <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
     <cal10n.version>0.8.1</cal10n.version>
     <consolePlugin.version>1.1.0</consolePlugin.version>
     <jackson.version>2.15.0</jackson.version>