diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fb0101a1..07aef94a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
         <version.org.assertj>3.27.7</version.org.assertj>
         <version.org.junit.jupiter>6.0.3</version.org.junit.jupiter>
         <version.org.mockito>5.23.0</version.org.mockito>
-        <version.org.slf4j>2.0.17</version.org.slf4j>
+        <version.org.slf4j>2.0.18</version.org.slf4j>
         <version.org.hibernate.validator>9.1.0.Final</version.org.hibernate.validator>
         <version.org.glassfish.expressly>6.0.0</version.org.glassfish.expressly>
         <!-- Checkstyle props -->