diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 41eb443a6e..6c99790d77 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@
     <junit.version>4.10</junit.version>
     
     <!-- logging libraries -->
-    <slf4j.version>1.7.1</slf4j.version>
+    <slf4j.version>1.7.2</slf4j.version>
     <logback.version>1.0.7</logback.version>
     
     <servlet.version>2.5</servlet.version>