diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 4bd3a4be..4d86f8f7 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0-alpha7</version>
+            <version>2.0.0-beta1</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- snakeyaml is present in Bungee, Spigot, Cauldron, so we could use this independent implementation -->