diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 683b0dbfa2..0813227fe5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
                 <groupId>io.airlift</groupId>
                 <artifactId>slice</artifactId>
                 <!-- DO NOT upgrade to 0.42+, since don't support java 8 -->
-                <version>0.41</version>
+                <version>0.44</version>
             </dependency>
 
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