diff --git a/apps/kafka-streams-stateful/pom.xml b/apps/kafka-streams-stateful/pom.xml
index 0e980fb..9d187d7 100644
--- a/apps/kafka-streams-stateful/pom.xml
+++ b/apps/kafka-streams-stateful/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.12</version>
+            <version>2.0.16</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>