diff --git a/bukkit/pom.xml b/bukkit/pom.xml
index 7ee59060..26a0f975 100644
--- a/bukkit/pom.xml
+++ b/bukkit/pom.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@
                             <shadedPattern>fastlogin.paperlib</shadedPattern>
                         </relocation>
                     </relocations>
+                    <!-- Rename the service file too to let SLF4J api find our own relocated jdk logger -->
+                    <!-- Located in META-INF/services -->
+                    <transformers>
+                        <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer"/>
+                    </transformers>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
@@ -147,9 +152,9 @@
 
         <!-- PaperSpigot API for correcting usercache usage -->
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.destroystokyo.paper</groupId>
+            <groupId>io.papermc.paper</groupId>
             <artifactId>paper-api</artifactId>
-            <version>1.15.2-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.18-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
 
@@ -158,7 +163,6 @@
             <groupId>io.papermc</groupId>
             <artifactId>paperlib</artifactId>
             <version>1.0.7</version>
-            <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
 
         <!--Library for listening and sending Minecraft packets-->
diff --git a/bukkit/src/main/java/com/github/games647/fastlogin/bukkit/FastLoginBukkit.java b/bukkit/src/main/java/com/github/games647/fastlogin/bukkit/FastLoginBukkit.java
index c3171bc0..1450fc17 100644
--- a/bukkit/src/main/java/com/github/games647/fastlogin/bukkit/FastLoginBukkit.java
+++ b/bukkit/src/main/java/com/github/games647/fastlogin/bukkit/FastLoginBukkit.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class FastLoginBukkit extends JavaPlugin implements PlatformPlugin<Comman
     private PremiumPlaceholder premiumPlaceholder;
 
     public FastLoginBukkit() {
-        this.logger = CommonUtil.createLoggerFromJDK(getLogger());
+        this.logger = CommonUtil.initializeLoggerService(getLogger());
         this.scheduler = new BukkitScheduler(this, logger, getThreadFactory());
     }
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class FastLoginBukkit extends JavaPlugin implements PlatformPlugin<Comman
 
         bungeeManager = new BungeeManager(this);
         bungeeManager.initialize();
-        
+
         PluginManager pluginManager = getServer().getPluginManager();
         if (bungeeManager.isEnabled()) {
             markInitialized();
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public class FastLoginBukkit extends JavaPlugin implements PlatformPlugin<Comman
         if (getServer().getPluginManager().getPlugin("Geyser-Spigot") != null) {
             geyserService = new GeyserService(GeyserConnector.getInstance(), core);
         }
-        
+
         if (getServer().getPluginManager().getPlugin("floodgate") != null) {
             floodgateService = new FloodgateService(FloodgateApi.getInstance(), core);
 
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ public class FastLoginBukkit extends JavaPlugin implements PlatformPlugin<Comman
     public void sendMessage(CommandSender receiver, String message) {
         receiver.sendMessage(message);
     }
-    
+
 	/**
 	 * Checks if a plugin is installed on the server
 	 * @param name the name of the plugin
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ public class FastLoginBukkit extends JavaPlugin implements PlatformPlugin<Comman
     }
 
     /**
-     * Send warning messages to log if incompatible plugins are used  
+     * Send warning messages to log if incompatible plugins are used
      */
     private void dependencyWarnings() {
         if (isPluginInstalled("floodgate-bukkit")) {
diff --git a/bungee/pom.xml b/bungee/pom.xml
index b4859be1..1e53a654 100644
--- a/bungee/pom.xml
+++ b/bungee/pom.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@
                             <shadedPattern>fastlogin.slf4j</shadedPattern>
                         </relocation>
                     </relocations>
+                    <!-- Rename the service file too to let SLF4J api find our own relocated jdk logger -->
+                    <!-- Located in META-INF/services -->
+                    <transformers>
+                        <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ServicesResourceTransformer"/>
+                    </transformers>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
@@ -120,8 +125,15 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>net.md-5</groupId>
             <artifactId>bungeecord-proxy</artifactId>
-            <version>1.16-R0.5-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>1.18-R0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
+            <!-- Use our own newer api version -->
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <!-- Bedrock player bridge -->
diff --git a/bungee/src/main/java/com/github/games647/fastlogin/bungee/FastLoginBungee.java b/bungee/src/main/java/com/github/games647/fastlogin/bungee/FastLoginBungee.java
index b2a8648f..5346bf8b 100644
--- a/bungee/src/main/java/com/github/games647/fastlogin/bungee/FastLoginBungee.java
+++ b/bungee/src/main/java/com/github/games647/fastlogin/bungee/FastLoginBungee.java
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ public class FastLoginBungee extends Plugin implements PlatformPlugin<CommandSen
 
     @Override
     public void onEnable() {
-        logger = CommonUtil.createLoggerFromJDK(getLogger());
+        logger = CommonUtil.initializeLoggerService(getLogger());
         scheduler = new AsyncScheduler(logger, getThreadFactory());
 
         core = new FastLoginCore<>(this);
diff --git a/core/pom.xml b/core/pom.xml
index 4436d965..12ceed39 100644
--- a/core/pom.xml
+++ b/core/pom.xml
@@ -68,6 +68,14 @@
             <groupId>com.zaxxer</groupId>
             <artifactId>HikariCP</artifactId>
             <version>4.0.3</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <!-- HikariCP uses an old version of this API that has a typo in the service interface -->
+                <!-- We will use the api provided by the jdk14 dependency -->
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
 
         <!--Logging framework implements slf4j which is required by hikari-->
@@ -149,17 +157,5 @@
             <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
             <version>2.8.9</version>
         </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0-alpha5</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-            <version>2.0.0-alpha5</version>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 </project>
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/github/games647/fastlogin/core/CommonUtil.java b/core/src/main/java/com/github/games647/fastlogin/core/CommonUtil.java
index f2803c4b..81b54b98 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/github/games647/fastlogin/core/CommonUtil.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/github/games647/fastlogin/core/CommonUtil.java
@@ -70,7 +70,24 @@ public class CommonUtil {
         return new String(chars);
     }
 
-    public static Logger createLoggerFromJDK(java.util.logging.Logger parent) {
+    /**
+     * This creates a SLF4J logger. In the process it initializes the SLF4J service provider. This method looks
+     * for the provider in the plugin jar instead of in the server jar when creating a Logger. The provider is only
+     * initialized once, so this method should be called early.
+     *
+     * The provider is bound to the service class `SLF4JServiceProvider`. Relocating this class makes it available
+     * for exclusive own usage. Other dependencies will use the relocated service too, and therefore will find the
+     * initialized provider.
+     *
+     * @param parent JDK logger
+     * @return slf4j logger
+     */
+    public static Logger initializeLoggerService(java.util.logging.Logger parent) {
+        // set the class loader to the plugin one to find our own SLF4J provider in the plugin jar and not in the global
+        ClassLoader oldLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+
+        ClassLoader pluginLoader = CommonUtil.class.getClassLoader();
+        Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(pluginLoader);
         try {
             parent.setLevel(Level.ALL);
 
@@ -82,6 +99,9 @@ public class CommonUtil {
             parent.log(Level.WARNING, "Cannot create slf4j logging adapter", reflectEx);
             parent.log(Level.WARNING, "Creating logger instance manually...");
             return LoggerFactory.getLogger(parent.getName());
+        } finally {
+            // restore previous class loader
+            Thread.currentThread().setContextClassLoader(oldLoader);
         }
     }