diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0496025..11491ba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
 
         <!-- dependencies-->
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.14</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
 
         <assertj-core.version>3.26.3</assertj-core.version>
         <junit-jupiter.version>5.10.3</junit-jupiter.version>