diff --git a/spi/build.gradle b/spi/build.gradle
index dff9c8e8..9b6e60c1 100644
--- a/spi/build.gradle
+++ b/spi/build.gradle
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jacocoTestReport {
 }
 check.dependsOn jacocoTestReport
 
-def slf4j_version_of_cronutils = "2.0.16"
+def slf4j_version_of_cronutils = "2.0.17"
 dependencies {
     compileOnly "org.opensearch:opensearch:${opensearch_version}"
     // slf4j is the runtime dependency of cron-utils