diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2a8c9cc499..6a39d283bc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
     <plexus.utils.version>4.0.3</plexus.utils.version>
     <slf4j.api.version>1.7.36</slf4j.api.version>
     <slf4j.api.bundleversion>"$«range;[==,=+)»"</slf4j.api.bundleversion>
-    <slf4j.log4j12.version>${slf4j.api.version}</slf4j.log4j12.version>
+    <slf4j.log4j12.version>2.0.18</slf4j.log4j12.version>
     <wagon.ssh.version>3.5.3</wagon.ssh.version>
     <wagon.ssh.external.version>3.5.3</wagon.ssh.external.version>
     <wrapper.version>3.2.3</wrapper.version>