diff --git a/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml b/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml
index 44956a0..60dc768 100644
--- a/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-transform-parent/pom.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <maven.version>3.9.9</maven.version>
     <picocli.version>4.7.6</picocli.version>
     <plexus-utils.version>4.0.2</plexus-utils.version>
-    <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
+    <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
 
     <!-- plugin versions -->
     <jacoco-maven-plugin.version>0.8.12</jacoco-maven-plugin.version>
diff --git a/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_org_slf4j_slf4j_api.xml b/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_org_slf4j_slf4j_api.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bb0cb30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/changelog/.0.x.x/update_org_slf4j_slf4j_api.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<entry xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+       xmlns="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns"
+       xsi:schemaLocation="https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns https://logging.apache.org/xml/ns/log4j-changelog-0.xsd"
+       type="updated">
+  <issue id="172" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j-transform/pull/172"/>
+  <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.slf4j:slf4j-api` to version `2.0.17`</description>
+</entry>