diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4fd5c843f..b14f9df26 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
-    <slf4j.version>1.7.6</slf4j.version>
+    <slf4j.version>1.7.7</slf4j.version>
   </properties>
 
   <build>