diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1ecd24a9c..aee9180fb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ under the License.
         <jackson.version>2.20.1</jackson.version>
         <tika.version>3.3.0</tika.version>
         <mockito.version>5.23.0</mockito.version>
-        <slf4j-simple.version>2.0.17</slf4j-simple.version>
+        <slf4j-simple.version>2.0.18</slf4j-simple.version>
         <jetbrains.annotations.version>26.1.0</jetbrains.annotations.version>
         <commons.io.version>2.17.0</commons.io.version>
         <commons.compress.version>1.28.0</commons.compress.version>