diff --git a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
index 3d4eaa8fd8..0b9468c324 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-contract-tools/spring-cloud-contract-maven-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 		<maven-site-plugin.version>3.9.1</maven-site-plugin.version>
 		<maven-plugin-testing-harness.version>3.3.0</maven-plugin-testing-harness.version>
 		<maven-shared-incremental.version>1.1</maven-shared-incremental.version>
+		<slf4j-api.version>2.0.5</slf4j-api.version>
 	</properties>
 
 	<inceptionYear>2016</inceptionYear>
@@ -266,6 +267,11 @@
 	</reporting>
 
 	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${slf4j-api.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-cloud-contract-verifier</artifactId>