diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 08b325efcc..98276341a3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@
         <skipTests>false</skipTests>
         <skipUTs>false</skipUTs>
         <skipOverlay>false</skipOverlay>
-        <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>2.0.9</slf4j.version>
         <solr-test-framework.version>8.6.3</solr-test-framework.version>
         <solr.version>8.6.3</solr.version>
         <spray.version>1.3.1</spray.version>