diff --git a/clients/cloud/java/pom.xml b/clients/cloud/java/pom.xml
index cc7cefce9..4846cb70a 100644
--- a/clients/cloud/java/pom.xml
+++ b/clients/cloud/java/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <java.version>8</java.version>
-        <slf4j-api.version>1.7.6</slf4j-api.version>
+        <slf4j-api.version>2.0.18</slf4j-api.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <gson.version>2.8.9</gson.version>
         <schemaRegistryUrl>http://localhost:8081</schemaRegistryUrl>
diff --git a/connect-streams-pipeline/pom.xml b/connect-streams-pipeline/pom.xml
index c7cf9f49f..e166a2906 100644
--- a/connect-streams-pipeline/pom.xml
+++ b/connect-streams-pipeline/pom.xml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <java.version>8</java.version>
     <gson.version>2.8.9</gson.version>
     <reload4j.version>1.2.19</reload4j.version>
-    <slf4j-reload4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j-reload4j.version>
+    <slf4j-reload4j.version>2.0.18</slf4j-reload4j.version>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     <io.confluent.schema-registry.version>${confluent.version.range}</io.confluent.schema-registry.version>