diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7a31be98b2b017f93077172506b9f6e57975a529..48e623fa1cb17310f3bd1670cb185e2612cf98b5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
     <akka.version>2.0.3</akka.version>
     <spray.version>1.0-M2.1</spray.version>
     <spray.json.version>1.1.1</spray.json.version>
-    <slf4j.version>1.6.1</slf4j.version>
+    <slf4j.version>1.7.2</slf4j.version>
     <cdh.version>4.1.2</cdh.version>
     <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>