diff --git a/.scala-steward.conf b/.scala-steward.conf
index 33b09f0ae..ef27a7b1f 100644
--- a/.scala-steward.conf
+++ b/.scala-steward.conf
@@ -24,4 +24,7 @@ updates.pin = [
 
   # https://github.com/akka/akka-grpc/issues/1506
   { groupId = "org.eclipse.jgit", artifactId = "org.eclipse.jgit", version = "5." },
+
+  # https://github.com/akka/akka-grpc/issues/1661
+  { groupId = "org.slf4j", artifactId = "slf4j-api", version = "1." }
 ]