diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8546f24a..ff0019d8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.7</version> <!-- We can't update to 2.x as long as we use HikariCP for java 8 -->
+            <version>2.0.9</version> <!-- We can't update to 2.x as long as we use HikariCP for java 8 -->
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>