diff --git a/spark/core/build.gradle b/spark/core/build.gradle
index 020724fe9..e5a81f4f4 100644
--- a/spark/core/build.gradle
+++ b/spark/core/build.gradle
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ sparkVariants {
             add(variant.configuration('compileOnly'), "com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-annotations:2.21")
             add(variant.configuration('compileOnly'), "com.google.guava:guava:23.0")
             add(variant.configuration('compileOnly'), "com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java:4.34.1")
-            add(variant.configuration('compileOnly'), "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.17")
+            add(variant.configuration('compileOnly'), "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.18")
 
             add(variant.configuration('test', 'implementation'), project(":test:shared"))
             add(variant.configuration('test', 'implementation'), "com.esotericsoftware.kryo:kryo:2.24.0")