diff --git a/maven-plugin-tools-generators/pom.xml b/maven-plugin-tools-generators/pom.xml
index 736c91d8..35840bbd 100644
--- a/maven-plugin-tools-generators/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-plugin-tools-generators/pom.xml
@@ -120,6 +120,11 @@
       <artifactId>maven-plugin-testing-harness</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>