diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 634853b..7edf0c5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.36</version>
+      <version>2.0.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- required due to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MNG-6561 -->