diff --git a/src/main/java9/module-info.java b/src/main/java9/module-info.java
index 04b499ba1..3d8fa102c 100644
--- a/src/main/java9/module-info.java
+++ b/src/main/java9/module-info.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module org.xerial.sqlitejdbc {
 
-    requires org.slf4j;
+    requires static org.slf4j;
     requires transitive java.sql;
     requires transitive java.sql.rowset;
     requires static org.graalvm.nativeimage;