diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0abcf99..ec3e09e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>org.ohnlp.medtagger</groupId>
     <artifactId>medtagger</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.39</version>
+    <version>1.0.41</version>
     <description>The MedTagger biomedical information extraction pipeline</description>
 
 
@@ -179,16 +179,6 @@
             <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
             <version>2.17.1</version>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
-            <version>2.17.1</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.32</version>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.opennlp</groupId>
             <artifactId>opennlp-maxent</artifactId>