diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index 5a68d9d..14bcf07 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <kafkaconnect.version>3.4.1</kafkaconnect.version>
         <pemja.version>0.4.1</pemja.version>
-        <sl4j.version>1.7.30</sl4j.version>
+        <sl4j.version>2.0.16</sl4j.version>
         <pcj.version>1.0.0</pcj.version>
         <rest.assured.version>5.3.0</rest.assured.version>
         <common.io.version>2.14.0</common.io.version>