diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 179d0d0480..44254a571c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@
     <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
 
     <!-- logging libraries -->
-    <slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>
+    <slf4j.version>1.7.22</slf4j.version>
     <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
     <servlet.version>2.5</servlet.version>
     <guice.version>3.0</guice.version>