diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 760a4c7..24b1346 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ configurations.all {
 	// not sure why, but couldn't get an exclusion on the auth2 client to work, which
 	// was upgrading slf4j and breaking tests
 	resolutionStrategy {
-		force 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.7'
+		force 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.17'
 	}
 }
 
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ dependencies {
 	//           moved to a test implementation if we swap the callback service for the
 	//           python docker image
 	implementation('ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.1.2')
-	implementation('org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.7')
+	implementation('org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.17')
 	// TODO DEPS the annotation api is also needed for
 	//           a couple of SDK compiled classes in mobu/runner that should be factored out
 	implementation('javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api:1.3.2')
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ dependencies {
 	generatedCodeClasspath('org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3')
 	generatedCodeClasspath('org.ini4j:ini4j:0.5.2')
 	generatedCodeClasspath('org.syslog4j:syslog4j:0.9.46')
-	generatedCodeClasspath('org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.7')
+	generatedCodeClasspath('org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.17')
 }
 
 task showTestClassPath {