diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6fdc6fd7d..5a863727d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -45,7 +45,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("org.apache.httpcomponents:httpmime:4.5.6")
     implementation("gnu.getopt:java-getopt:1.0.13")
     implementation("net.sf.ehcache:ehcache:2.10.6")
-    implementation("ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.3.5")
+    implementation("ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.2.11")
+    // Use the same slfj4-api version as declared in Bio-Formats
+    implementation("org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.30")
 }
 
 configurations.all {