diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 1f98d49c..11e0f23c 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@
                                         <urn>org.objenesis:objenesis:1.2:jar:null:test:bfcb0539a071a4c5a30690388903ac48c0667f2a</urn>
                                         <urn>com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.9.1:jar:null:runtime:84b4b7d1c4a238e7899972b7446c250691e65f1f</urn>
                                         <urn>com.squareup.okio:okio:1.13.0:jar:null:runtime:a9283170b7305c8d92d25aff02a6ab7e45d06cbe</urn>
-                                        <urn>org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.20:jar:null:compile:867d63093eff0a0cb527bf13d397d850af3dcae3</urn>
-                                        <urn>org.slf4j:slf4j-jdk14:1.7.20:jar:null:test:b568c92eec50edc922c52b3e759982579170c2be</urn>
+                                        <urn>org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.25:jar:null:compile:da76ca59f6a57ee3102f8f9bd9cee742973efa8a</urn>
+                                        <urn>org.slf4j:slf4j-jdk14:1.7.25:jar:null:test:bccda40ebc8067491b32a88f49615a747d20082d</urn>
                                         <urn>org.sonatype.plugins:nexus-staging-maven-plugin:1.6.5:maven-plugin:null:runtime:455ca2aa8cd14a06608f1538bd6a1efd09561563</urn>
                                         <urn>postgresql:postgresql:9.1-901.jdbc4:jar:null:compile:153f2f92a786f12fc111d0111f709012df87c808</urn>
                                         <!-- A check for the rules themselves -->
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.20</version>
+            <version>1.7.25</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index 60113dfb..0ec581ee 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
-            <version>1.7.20</version>
+            <version>1.7.25</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8af8313d..7ba50966 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.20</version>
+        <version>1.7.25</version>
       </dependency>
       <!-- bitcoinj consumers are expected to provide their own SLF4J adapters
     such as logback, slf4j-log4j12, slf4j-jcl and so on
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.20</version>
+        <version>1.7.25</version>
         <scope>runtime</scope>
         <optional>true</optional>
       </dependency>
diff --git a/tools/pom.xml b/tools/pom.xml
index bed9c206..fe62d0fd 100644
--- a/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/tools/pom.xml
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.20</version>
+      <version>1.7.25</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>