diff --git a/specs/spring-cloud-contract-spec-java/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/Contract.java b/specs/spring-cloud-contract-spec-java/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/Contract.java
index 4a195fbbc3..86a398268f 100644
--- a/specs/spring-cloud-contract-spec-java/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/Contract.java
+++ b/specs/spring-cloud-contract-spec-java/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/contract/spec/Contract.java
@@ -150,8 +150,7 @@ public class Contract {
 	public static void assertContract(Contract dsl) {
 		if (dsl.getRequest() != null) {
 			if (dsl.request.getUrl() == null && dsl.request.getUrlPath() == null) {
-				throw new IllegalStateException(
-						"URL is missing for HTTP contract");
+				throw new IllegalStateException("URL is missing for HTTP contract");
 			}
 			if (dsl.request.getMethod() == null) {
 				throw new IllegalStateException("Method is missing for HTTP contract");
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 6300e53605..116081116a 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
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 		<plexus-component-metadata.version>2.0.0</plexus-component-metadata.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>
@@ -271,6 +272,11 @@
 	</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>