diff --git a/inject/tools/pom.xml b/inject/tools/pom.xml
index 723f38f25fb..2fc22999387 100644
--- a/inject/tools/pom.xml
+++ b/inject/tools/pom.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <!-- required as handlebars use slf4j -->
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
             <artifactId>slf4j-jdk14</artifactId>
         </dependency>