diff --git a/metrics-logback14/pom.xml b/metrics-logback14/pom.xml
index aac43cad60..4823472757 100644
--- a/metrics-logback14/pom.xml
+++ b/metrics-logback14/pom.xml
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <javaModuleName>io.dropwizard.metrics.logback14</javaModuleName>
-        <logback14.version>1.4.4</logback14.version>
-        <slf4j.version>2.0.1</slf4j.version>
+        <logback14.version>1.4.5</logback14.version>
 
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
@@ -75,11 +74,5 @@
             <version>${mockito.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>