diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1e05fd1d..2f5560ec 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
         <kubernetes-client.version>6.13.1</kubernetes-client.version>
         <!-- we cannot update to 2.x as jboss-logging does not support SLF4J 2 for now -->
-        <version.slf4j>2.0.13</version.slf4j>
+        <version.slf4j>2.0.16</version.slf4j>
         <version.mockito>5.2.0</version.mockito>
         <version.jackson>2.17.2</version.jackson>
         <version.weld>5.1.2.Final</version.weld>