diff --git a/src/java/knet/pom.xml b/src/java/knet/pom.xml
index 9347c61fdf..ce3e301e9c 100644
--- a/src/java/knet/pom.xml
+++ b/src/java/knet/pom.xml
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.36</version>
+            <version>2.0.9</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.kafka</groupId>