diff --git a/tosa-runtime/pom.xml b/tosa-runtime/pom.xml
index 6584a7d..e7af82e 100644
--- a/tosa-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/tosa-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
           <artifactId>slf4j-ext</artifactId>
-          <version>1.6.1</version>
+          <version>1.7.26</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
           <groupId>junit</groupId>