diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b071f367d9f..68cb2936d52 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <version.curator>2.11.0</version.curator>
         <version.zookeeper>3.4.8</version.zookeeper>
         <version.jackson>2.6.3</version.jackson>
-        <version.org.slf4j>1.7.21</version.org.slf4j>
+        <version.org.slf4j>1.7.32</version.org.slf4j>
         <version.log4j>1.2.17</version.log4j>
         <!-- check new release version at https://github.com/confluentinc/schema-registry/releases -->
         <version.confluent.platform>3.0.0</version.confluent.platform>