diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ca17016add..7de8ef3746 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2161,7 +2161,6 @@
         <servlet4.version>4.0.3</servlet4.version>
         <simple.version>6.0.1</simple.version>
         <skip.e2e>false</skip.e2e>
-        <slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>
         <spring6.version>6.0.0-M3</spring6.version>
         <surefire.version>3.0.0-M6</surefire.version>
         <validation.impl.version>6.2.0.Final</validation.impl.version>