diff --git a/tests/java/compacted-log-verifier/pom.xml b/tests/java/compacted-log-verifier/pom.xml
index 4026fa22264f..abbaf2161066 100644
--- a/tests/java/compacted-log-verifier/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/java/compacted-log-verifier/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <kafka.clients.version>2.4.1</kafka.clients.version>
         <commons.lang.version>3.9</commons.lang.version>
         <argparse4j.version>0.8.1</argparse4j.version>
-        <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
         <buildDir>${project.basedir}/target</buildDir>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/tests/java/e2e-verifiers/pom.xml b/tests/java/e2e-verifiers/pom.xml
index bd4841c85256..b72c305ba1d4 100644
--- a/tests/java/e2e-verifiers/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/java/e2e-verifiers/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <kafka.clients.version>2.8.0</kafka.clients.version>
         <commons.lang.version>3.9</commons.lang.version>
         <argparse4j.version>0.8.1</argparse4j.version>
-        <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
         <buildDir>${project.basedir}/target</buildDir>
         <jackson.version>2.13.1</jackson.version>
         <log4j.version>1.2.17</log4j.version>
diff --git a/tests/java/kafka-verifier/pom.xml b/tests/java/kafka-verifier/pom.xml
index 35662085672a..16b52da201a5 100644
--- a/tests/java/kafka-verifier/pom.xml
+++ b/tests/java/kafka-verifier/pom.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
         <kafka.clients.version>2.4.1</kafka.clients.version>
         <commons.lang.version>3.9</commons.lang.version>
         <argparse4j.version>0.8.1</argparse4j.version>
-        <slf4j.version>1.7.30</slf4j.version>
+        <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>
         <buildDir>${project.basedir}/target</buildDir>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>