diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e70098fff13..be8b2e1c275 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <json.bind.version>3.0.3</json.bind.version>
     <okhttp.version>5.5.0</okhttp.version>
     <quarkus.version>3.38.1</quarkus.version>
-    <slf4j.version>2.0.18</slf4j.version>
+    <slf4j.version>2.0.19</slf4j.version>
     <!-- pinning to Spring 5.x for Java 11 support -->
     <spring.security.version>5.8.14</spring.security.version>
     <inrupt.commons.rdf4j.version>0.6.0</inrupt.commons.rdf4j.version>