diff --git a/admin-ui/pom.xml b/admin-ui/pom.xml
index c6fd43b2..89336c8b 100644
--- a/admin-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/admin-ui/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.13</version>
+			<version>2.0.16</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 
diff --git a/examples/java-api/pom.xml b/examples/java-api/pom.xml
index e1a8588f..d3c048da 100644
--- a/examples/java-api/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/java-api/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.13</version>
+			<version>2.0.16</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- unit tests -->
diff --git a/knowledge-directory/pom.xml b/knowledge-directory/pom.xml
index 3fcdc395..ca319ffc 100644
--- a/knowledge-directory/pom.xml
+++ b/knowledge-directory/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.13</version>
+			<version>2.0.16</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- Jetty -->
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/reasoner/pom.xml b/reasoner/pom.xml
index 355254c5..bf282b0d 100644
--- a/reasoner/pom.xml
+++ b/reasoner/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.13</version>
+			<version>2.0.16</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- jena -->
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/smart-connector-api/pom.xml b/smart-connector-api/pom.xml
index 545faa38..b7f5c165 100644
--- a/smart-connector-api/pom.xml
+++ b/smart-connector-api/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.13</version>
+			<version>2.0.16</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>eu.knowledge.engine</groupId>
diff --git a/smart-connector-rest-server/pom.xml b/smart-connector-rest-server/pom.xml
index b1053fa1..57012e4f 100644
--- a/smart-connector-rest-server/pom.xml
+++ b/smart-connector-rest-server/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.13</version>
+			<version>2.0.16</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- Jetty -->
 		<dependency>
diff --git a/smart-connector/pom.xml b/smart-connector/pom.xml
index a41dd594..0668f7a8 100644
--- a/smart-connector/pom.xml
+++ b/smart-connector/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-			<version>2.0.13</version>
+			<version>2.0.16</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- unit tests -->