diff --git a/lang/java/pom.xml b/lang/java/pom.xml
index 8998e217edb..6279b27400d 100644
--- a/lang/java/pom.xml
+++ b/lang/java/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
     <protobuf.version>4.35.1</protobuf.version>
     <reload4j.version>1.2.26</reload4j.version>
     <servlet-api.version>4.0.1</servlet-api.version>
-    <slf4j.version>2.0.18</slf4j.version>
+    <slf4j.version>2.0.20</slf4j.version>
     <snappy.version>1.1.10.8</snappy.version>
     <thrift.version>0.20.0</thrift.version>
     <tukaani.version>1.12</tukaani.version>