diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 907a4bce..b3e815d2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <java.version>17</java.version>
     <maven.version>3.6.3</maven.version>
     <!-- version should match ivy Engine sfl4j version! And version in EngineClassLoaderFactory.SLF4J_VERSION -->
-    <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
+    <slf4j.version>2.0.12</slf4j.version>
     <site.path>snapshot</site.path>
     <other.site.path>release</other.site.path>
     <other.site.name>Stable</other.site.name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/engine/EngineClassLoaderFactory.java b/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/engine/EngineClassLoaderFactory.java
index 8b2743c8..302515dd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/engine/EngineClassLoaderFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/ivyteam/ivy/maven/engine/EngineClassLoaderFactory.java
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public interface OsgiDir {
   }
 
   /** must match version in pom.xml */
-  private static final String SLF4J_VERSION = "1.7.36";
+  private static final String SLF4J_VERSION = "2.0.12";
 
   private static final List<String> ENGINE_LIB_DIRECTORIES = Arrays.asList(
           OsgiDir.INSTALL_AREA + "/" + OsgiDir.LIB_BOOT,