diff --git a/log4j-perf-test/pom.xml b/log4j-perf-test/pom.xml
index f16edfad097..96ed08c781f 100644
--- a/log4j-perf-test/pom.xml
+++ b/log4j-perf-test/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
     <surefire.jdkToolchain>[9, )</surefire.jdkToolchain>
 
     <!-- Dependency versions -->
-    <slf4j2.version>2.0.16</slf4j2.version>
+    <slf4j2.version>2.0.17</slf4j2.version>
 
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_slf4j_slf4j_api.xml b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_slf4j_slf4j_api.xml
index 267d2aeb760..1a464ff212a 100644
--- a/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_slf4j_slf4j_api.xml
+++ b/src/changelog/.2.x.x/update_org_slf4j_slf4j_api.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
        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="3497" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3497"/>
+  <issue id="3498" link="https://github.com/apache/logging-log4j2/pull/3498"/>
   <description format="asciidoc">Update `org.slf4j:slf4j-api` to version `2.0.17`</description>
 </entry>