diff --git a/syncflow-core/build.gradle b/syncflow-core/build.gradle
index 15ccefe..a6337bf 100644
--- a/syncflow-core/build.gradle
+++ b/syncflow-core/build.gradle
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ dependencies {
     api project(":syncflow-common")
     api "org.springframework:spring-context:6.2.6"
     api libs.hibernate.validator
-    api "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.17"
+    api "org.slf4j:slf4j-api:2.0.20"
     // Resilience4j core — circuit breaker for the CDC event publisher.
     // Only the bare core lib; no Spring Boot auto-config bloat in this module.
     api libs.resilience4j.circuitbreaker