diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index de1a088ebc..b16e0c3303 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
     <junit.version>4.11</junit.version>
 
     <!-- logging libraries -->
-    <slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
+    <slf4j.version>1.7.6</slf4j.version>
     <logback.version>1.0.13</logback.version>
     <servlet.version>2.5</servlet.version>
     <guice.version>3.0</guice.version>