diff --git a/formats/avro-compact/pom.xml b/formats/avro-compact/pom.xml
index 97325c19..16c27e9b 100644
--- a/formats/avro-compact/pom.xml
+++ b/formats/avro-compact/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.36</version>
+            <version>2.0.16</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>