diff --git a/kafka/pom.xml b/kafka/pom.xml
index 4931117..3c6c9f7 100644
--- a/kafka/pom.xml
+++ b/kafka/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.17</version>
+      <version>2.0.18</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Test dependencies -->