diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 84a6a5572a1..8a3dfacc574 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@
         <version.error-prone>${version.error-prone-orig}</version.error-prone>
         <version.error-prone-fork>v${version.error-prone-orig}-picnic-3</version.error-prone-fork>
         <version.error-prone-orig>2.15.0</version.error-prone-orig>
-        <version.error-prone-slf4j>0.1.15</version.error-prone-slf4j>
+        <version.error-prone-slf4j>0.1.16</version.error-prone-slf4j>
         <version.guava-beta-checker>1.0</version.guava-beta-checker>
         <version.jdk>11</version.jdk>
         <version.maven>3.8.6</version.maven>