diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 181afe2..65b8a91 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     <jmeter.version>5.6.3</jmeter.version>
     <amqp.client.version>5.21.0</amqp.client.version>
     <commons-lang3.version>3.17.0</commons-lang3.version>
-    <slf4j.version>2.0.13</slf4j.version>
+    <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
     <jmeter.plugins.cmn.version>0.7</jmeter.plugins.cmn.version>
 
     <!-- plugin versions -->