diff --git a/patterns-modules/design-patterns-structural/pom.xml b/patterns-modules/design-patterns-structural/pom.xml
index e9b7194b73..473eb40b2e 100644
--- a/patterns-modules/design-patterns-structural/pom.xml
+++ b/patterns-modules/design-patterns-structural/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
             <version>${log4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index da0994c468..6fc65d5cb2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@
 
         <!-- logging -->
         <!-- overwriting in the slf4j and logback in the hibernate-jpa, spring-data-eclipselink. When updated to the latest version remove the version from that module-->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.32</org.slf4j.version>
+        <org.slf4j.version>2.07</org.slf4j.version>
         <logback.version>1.4.11</logback.version>
 
         <!-- plugins -->