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>