diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 76294c948b4..ff4ac3a7f02 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
         <surefire.plugin.version>3.0.0-M7</surefire.plugin.version>
         <mockito.version>4.7.0</mockito.version>
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.0</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
         <testng.version>7.5</testng.version>
         <jackson.version>2.13.3</jackson.version>
         <jackson.databind.version>2.13.3</jackson.databind.version>