diff --git a/src/client-toolchain/pom.xml b/src/client-toolchain/pom.xml
index 6d596355..9d4f09d2 100644
--- a/src/client-toolchain/pom.xml
+++ b/src/client-toolchain/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.17</version>
+      <version>2.0.18</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
diff --git a/src/lib-common/pom.xml b/src/lib-common/pom.xml
index 92fa4657..14cc9dfa 100644
--- a/src/lib-common/pom.xml
+++ b/src/lib-common/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.17</version>
+      <version>2.0.18</version>
       <scope>runtime</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/src/refimpl-tests/pom.xml b/src/refimpl-tests/pom.xml
index 3a3c1e93..70a6b523 100644
--- a/src/refimpl-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/src/refimpl-tests/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-        <version>2.0.17</version>
+        <version>2.0.18</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Testcontainers -->