diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0592a465c7..4d548349c3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ subprojects {
         all {
             resolutionStrategy {
                 force "commons-io:commons-io:${commonsIoVersion}"
-                force 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.2'
+                force 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.3'
                 force 'com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:6.3.1'
             }
         }
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index e2c8bb480e..0df43193c3 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ under the License.
     <dependency prefix="ooxml.test.reflections" artifact="org.reflections:reflections:0.10.2" usage="ooxml-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="ooxml.test.guava" artifact="com.google.guava:guava:31.1-jre" usage="ooxml-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="ooxml.test.javassist" artifact="org.javassist:javassist:3.27.0-GA" usage="ooxml-tests"/>
-    <dependency prefix="ooxml.test.slf4j-api" artifact="org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.2" usage="ooxml-tests"/>
+    <dependency prefix="ooxml.test.slf4j-api" artifact="org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.3" usage="ooxml-tests"/>
     <dependency prefix="ooxml.test.opczip" artifact="com.github.rzymek:opczip:1.2.0" usage="ooxml-tests"/>
 
     <!-- coverage libs -->
diff --git a/poi-excelant/build.gradle b/poi-excelant/build.gradle
index f8695cd784..b7a9409020 100644
--- a/poi-excelant/build.gradle
+++ b/poi-excelant/build.gradle
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ dependencies {
     }
     testImplementation 'com.google.guava:guava:31.1-jre'
     testImplementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:${log4jVersion}"
-    testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.2'
+    testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.3'
     testRuntimeOnly "org.apiguardian:apiguardian-api:${apiGuardianVersion}"
 
     if (SAXON_TEST) {
diff --git a/poi-integration/build.gradle b/poi-integration/build.gradle
index 23edc9dcd4..11d3c72b8b 100644
--- a/poi-integration/build.gradle
+++ b/poi-integration/build.gradle
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ dependencies {
     }
     testImplementation project(path: ':poi-ooxml-lite-agent', configuration: 'archives')
     testImplementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:${log4jVersion}"
-    testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.2'
+    testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.3'
     testRuntimeOnly "org.apiguardian:apiguardian-api:${apiGuardianVersion}"
 
     if (SAXON_TEST) {
diff --git a/poi-ooxml/build.gradle b/poi-ooxml/build.gradle
index 7c81f8f702..2571146f90 100644
--- a/poi-ooxml/build.gradle
+++ b/poi-ooxml/build.gradle
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ dependencies {
     // prevent slf4j warnings coming from xmlsec -> slf4j-api 1.7.x dependency
     // see https://logging.apache.org/log4j/2.x/log4j-slf4j-impl/
     testImplementation "org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-slf4j2-impl:${log4jVersion}"
-    testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.2'
+    testImplementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:2.0.3'
 
     if (SAXON_TEST) {
         testRuntimeOnly "net.sf.saxon:Saxon-HE:${saxonVersion}"