diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0bd261253..90a8366e2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.14</version>
+      <version>1.7.16</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>