diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index f7bf0c13..1a850e31 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ ThisBuild / testCoreDependencies := Seq(
 lazy val coreDependencies = settingKey[Seq[ModuleID]]("coreDependencies")
 ThisBuild / coreDependencies := (providedSparkDependencies.value ++ testCoreDependencies.value ++ Seq(
   "org.seqdoop" % "hadoop-bam" % "7.10.0",
-  "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-api" % "2.0.12",
+  "org.slf4j" % "slf4j-api" % "2.0.16",
   "org.jdbi" % "jdbi" % "2.78",
   "com.github.broadinstitute" % "picard" % "2.27.5",
   "org.apache.commons" % "commons-lang3" % "3.14.0",