diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d436ce017a2c..79a17cf0d5e9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ If you want to bootstrap Maven, you'll need:
 - Maven 3.9.0 or later
 - Run Maven, specifying a location into which the completed Maven distro should be installed:
 ```
-mvn -DdistributionTargetDir="$HOME/app/maven/apache-maven-3.9.x-SNAPSHOT" clean package
+mvn -DdistributionTargetDir="$HOME/app/maven/apache-maven-3.10.x-SNAPSHOT" clean package
 ```
 
 
diff --git a/apache-maven/src/main/appended-resources/licenses/MIT-slf4j-api-1.7.36.txt b/apache-maven/src/main/appended-resources/licenses/unrecognized-slf4j-api-2.0.17.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from apache-maven/src/main/appended-resources/licenses/MIT-slf4j-api-1.7.36.txt
rename to apache-maven/src/main/appended-resources/licenses/unrecognized-slf4j-api-2.0.17.txt
diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/logging/impl/Slf4jSimpleConfiguration.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/logging/impl/Slf4jSimpleConfiguration.java
index cf79b5c8ab1c..940d145e2880 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/logging/impl/Slf4jSimpleConfiguration.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/cli/logging/impl/Slf4jSimpleConfiguration.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.maven.cli.logging.BaseSlf4jConfiguration;
 import org.slf4j.MavenSlf4jFriend;
-import org.slf4j.impl.MavenSlf4jSimpleFriend;
+import org.slf4j.simple.MavenSlf4jSimpleFriend;
 
 /**
  * Configuration for slf4j-simple.
diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/MavenSlf4jSimpleFriend.java b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/slf4j/simple/MavenSlf4jSimpleFriend.java
similarity index 98%
rename from maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/MavenSlf4jSimpleFriend.java
rename to maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/slf4j/simple/MavenSlf4jSimpleFriend.java
index b511094ec683..e27d85f003e7 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/MavenSlf4jSimpleFriend.java
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/java/org/slf4j/simple/MavenSlf4jSimpleFriend.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-package org.slf4j.impl;
+package org.slf4j.simple;
 
 import org.slf4j.ILoggerFactory;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
diff --git a/maven-embedder/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/slf4j-configuration.properties b/maven-embedder/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/slf4j-configuration.properties
index ff865bccab9e..fe82931e5ba7 100644
--- a/maven-embedder/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/slf4j-configuration.properties
+++ b/maven-embedder/src/main/resources/META-INF/maven/slf4j-configuration.properties
@@ -19,5 +19,7 @@
 # value = corresponding o.a.m.cli.logging.Slf4jConfiguration class
 org.slf4j.impl.SimpleLoggerFactory org.apache.maven.cli.logging.impl.Slf4jSimpleConfiguration
 org.slf4j.impl.MavenSimpleLoggerFactory org.apache.maven.cli.logging.impl.Slf4jSimpleConfiguration
+org.slf4j.simple.SimpleLoggerFactory org.apache.maven.cli.logging.impl.Slf4jSimpleConfiguration
+org.slf4j.simple.MavenSimpleLoggerFactory org.apache.maven.cli.logging.impl.Slf4jSimpleConfiguration
 org.apache.logging.slf4j.Log4jLoggerFactory org.apache.maven.cli.logging.impl.Log4j2Configuration
 ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext org.apache.maven.cli.logging.impl.LogbackConfiguration
diff --git a/maven-slf4j-provider/pom.xml b/maven-slf4j-provider/pom.xml
index bee59b4c035d..095fa3caff50 100644
--- a/maven-slf4j-provider/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-slf4j-provider/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@ under the License.
       <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
@@ -63,13 +68,12 @@ under the License.
             <artifactItem>
               <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
               <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-              <version>${slf4jVersion}</version>
               <type>jar</type>
               <classifier>sources</classifier>
               <overWrite>false</overWrite>
               <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources/slf4j-simple</outputDirectory>
-              <includes>org/slf4j/impl/*.java</includes>
-              <excludes>org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder*</excludes>
+              <includes>org/slf4j/simple/*.java</includes>
+              <excludes>org/slf4j/simple/SimpleServiceProvider*</excludes>
             </artifactItem>
           </artifactItems>
         </configuration>
diff --git a/maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java b/maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 11956c91a8a2..000000000000
--- a/maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/StaticLoggerBinder.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-package org.slf4j.impl;
-
-import org.slf4j.ILoggerFactory;
-import org.slf4j.spi.LoggerFactoryBinder;
-
-/**
- * SLF4J LoggerFactoryBinder implementation using MavenSimpleLogger.
- * This class is part of the required classes used to specify an
- * SLF4J logger provider implementation.
- *
- * @since 3.5.1
- */
-public final class StaticLoggerBinder implements LoggerFactoryBinder {
-    /**
-     * Declare the version of the SLF4J API this implementation is compiled
-     * against. The value of this field is usually modified with each release.
-     */
-    // to avoid constant folding by the compiler, this field must *not* be final
-    @SuppressWarnings({"checkstyle:staticvariablename", "checkstyle:visibilitymodifier"})
-    public static String REQUESTED_API_VERSION = "1.7.25"; // !final
-
-    private static final String LOGGER_FACTORY_CLASS_STR = MavenSimpleLoggerFactory.class.getName();
-
-    /**
-     * The unique instance of this class.
-     */
-    private static final StaticLoggerBinder SINGLETON = new StaticLoggerBinder();
-
-    /**
-     * The ILoggerFactory instance returned by the {@link #getLoggerFactory}
-     * method should always be the same object
-     */
-    private final ILoggerFactory loggerFactory;
-
-    /**
-     * Private constructor to prevent instantiation
-     */
-    private StaticLoggerBinder() {
-        loggerFactory = new MavenSimpleLoggerFactory();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the singleton of this class.
-     */
-    public static StaticLoggerBinder getSingleton() {
-        return SINGLETON;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the factory.
-     */
-    @Override
-    public ILoggerFactory getLoggerFactory() {
-        return loggerFactory;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the class name.
-     */
-    @Override
-    public String getLoggerFactoryClassStr() {
-        return LOGGER_FACTORY_CLASS_STR;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/MavenSimpleLogger.java b/maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/java/org/slf4j/simple/MavenSimpleLogger.java
similarity index 99%
rename from maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/MavenSimpleLogger.java
rename to maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/java/org/slf4j/simple/MavenSimpleLogger.java
index 0ef4d2f9af55..83516f834dd7 100644
--- a/maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/MavenSimpleLogger.java
+++ b/maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/java/org/slf4j/simple/MavenSimpleLogger.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-package org.slf4j.impl;
+package org.slf4j.simple;
 
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 
diff --git a/maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/MavenSimpleLoggerFactory.java b/maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/java/org/slf4j/simple/MavenSimpleLoggerFactory.java
similarity index 91%
rename from maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/MavenSimpleLoggerFactory.java
rename to maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/java/org/slf4j/simple/MavenSimpleLoggerFactory.java
index 433d195ea719..a0ae41cff961 100644
--- a/maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/java/org/slf4j/impl/MavenSimpleLoggerFactory.java
+++ b/maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/java/org/slf4j/simple/MavenSimpleLoggerFactory.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-package org.slf4j.impl;
+package org.slf4j.simple;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
@@ -37,4 +37,9 @@ public Logger getLogger(String name) {
             return oldInstance == null ? newInstance : oldInstance;
         }
     }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Logger createLogger(String name) {
+        return new MavenSimpleLogger(name);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/java/org/slf4j/simple/MavenSimpleServiceProvider.java b/maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/java/org/slf4j/simple/MavenSimpleServiceProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a6ab1d29c5de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/java/org/slf4j/simple/MavenSimpleServiceProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.slf4j.simple;
+
+import org.slf4j.ILoggerFactory;
+import org.slf4j.IMarkerFactory;
+import org.slf4j.helpers.BasicMarkerFactory;
+import org.slf4j.helpers.NOPMDCAdapter;
+import org.slf4j.spi.MDCAdapter;
+import org.slf4j.spi.SLF4JServiceProvider;
+
+/**
+ * SLF4J service provider for Maven, using {@link MavenSimpleLoggerFactory}
+ * to provide colorized log output.
+ *
+ * @since 3.10.0
+ */
+public class MavenSimpleServiceProvider implements SLF4JServiceProvider {
+
+    /**
+     * Declare the version of the SLF4J API this implementation is compiled against.
+     */
+    // to avoid constant folding by the compiler, this field must *not* be final
+    @SuppressWarnings({"checkstyle:staticvariablename", "checkstyle:visibilitymodifier"})
+    public static String REQUESTED_API_VERSION = "2.0"; // !final
+
+    private ILoggerFactory loggerFactory;
+    private final IMarkerFactory markerFactory = new BasicMarkerFactory();
+    private final MDCAdapter mdcAdapter = new NOPMDCAdapter();
+
+    @Override
+    public ILoggerFactory getLoggerFactory() {
+        return loggerFactory;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public IMarkerFactory getMarkerFactory() {
+        return markerFactory;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public MDCAdapter getMDCAdapter() {
+        return mdcAdapter;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getRequestedApiVersion() {
+        return REQUESTED_API_VERSION;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void initialize() {
+        loggerFactory = new MavenSimpleLoggerFactory();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.slf4j.spi.SLF4JServiceProvider b/maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.slf4j.spi.SLF4JServiceProvider
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0ba03ce1bb2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-slf4j-provider/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.slf4j.spi.SLF4JServiceProvider
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+org.slf4j.simple.MavenSimpleServiceProvider
diff --git a/maven-slf4j-provider/src/test/java/org/slf4j/impl/MavenSimpleLoggerTest.java b/maven-slf4j-provider/src/test/java/org/slf4j/simple/MavenSimpleLoggerTest.java
similarity index 99%
rename from maven-slf4j-provider/src/test/java/org/slf4j/impl/MavenSimpleLoggerTest.java
rename to maven-slf4j-provider/src/test/java/org/slf4j/simple/MavenSimpleLoggerTest.java
index b18100eeee71..1d0aefe180c4 100644
--- a/maven-slf4j-provider/src/test/java/org/slf4j/impl/MavenSimpleLoggerTest.java
+++ b/maven-slf4j-provider/src/test/java/org/slf4j/simple/MavenSimpleLoggerTest.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-package org.slf4j.impl;
+package org.slf4j.simple;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e0b72c0dda98..041b78404aac 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ under the License.
     <cipherVersion>2.0</cipherVersion>
     <jxpathVersion>1.4.0</jxpathVersion>
     <resolverVersion>2.0.16</resolverVersion>
-    <slf4jVersion>1.7.36</slf4jVersion>
+    <slf4jVersion>2.0.17</slf4jVersion>
     <xmlunitVersion>2.11.0</xmlunitVersion>
     <powermockVersion>2.0.9</powermockVersion>
     <maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>true</maven.test.redirectTestOutputToFile>
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ under the License.
         <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
         <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
         <version>${slf4jVersion}</version>
-        <optional>true</optional>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>