diff --git a/pcap4j-core/src/main/java/module-info.java b/pcap4j-core/src/main/java/module-info.java
index 21728b8b3..53c652371 100644
--- a/pcap4j-core/src/main/java/module-info.java
+++ b/pcap4j-core/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   // These transitive modifiers are needed to avoid weird surefire errors
   // during pcap4j-packetfactory-* testing (due to maybe surefire's bug).
   requires transitive com.sun.jna;
-  requires transitive slf4j.api;
+  requires transitive org.slf4j;
 
   uses org.pcap4j.packet.factory.PacketFactoryBinderProvider;
 }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7a49602f9..aee4eb774 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-        <version>1.7.26</version>
+        <version>1.8.0-beta4</version>
       </dependency>
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>