diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e087dbe06..d9607e13a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     <properties>
         <thrift.executable>${thrift.executable.property}</thrift.executable>
         <spring.version>3.1.2.RELEASE</spring.version>
+        <slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
     </properties>
 
     <repositories>
@@ -483,7 +484,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.6</version>
+            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
             <optional>true</optional>
         </dependency>
@@ -492,13 +493,13 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.6</version>
+            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-            <version>1.6.6</version>
+            <version>${slf4j.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>