use slightly older version of fabric8 kubernetes which uses slf4j 1.x

tried to update slf4j to 2.x but it isn't completely straightforward; instead updated to latest 1.x
diff --git a/karaf/features/src/main/feature/feature.xml b/karaf/features/src/main/feature/feature.xml
index 26e6bba..1a8a25d 100644
--- a/karaf/features/src/main/feature/feature.xml
+++ b/karaf/features/src/main/feature/feature.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
         <bundle>mvn:org.apache.servicemix.bundles/org.apache.servicemix.bundles.jsr305/${jsr305.bundle.version}</bundle>  <!-- complementary to above, but split packages; excluded by karaf.features.xml as not needed, confuses things -->
         <bundle>mvn:jakarta.xml.bind/jakarta.xml.bind-api/${jakarta.xml.bind-api.version}</bundle>  <!-- preferred over servicemix jaxb (identical) -->
 
+        <!-- <bundle>mvn:org.slf4j/slf4j-api/${slf4j.version}</bundle> seems to give compile errors if we include this -->
         <bundle>mvn:org.slf4j/jul-to-slf4j/${slf4j.version}</bundle>
         <bundle>mvn:ch.qos.logback/logback-core/${logback.version}</bundle>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4b8ade5..145b682 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
         <!-- Dependency Versions -->
         <jclouds.version>2.4.0</jclouds.version> <!-- JCLOUDS_VERSION -->
         <logback.version>1.2.9</logback.version>
-        <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>  <!-- used for java.util.logging jul-to-slf4j interception -->
+        <slf4j.version>1.7.36</slf4j.version>  <!-- used for java.util.logging jul-to-slf4j interception; 2.x is released 2023 but does not provide org.slf4j.spi.SLF4JServiceProvider which is used -->
         <!-- Must match jclouds' version. From jclouds 2.4.0 it is 27 by default but might use any. -->
         <guava.version>27.1-jre</guava.version>
         <!--
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
         <maxmind-db.version>1.2.1</maxmind-db.version>
         <winrm4j.version>0.12.3</winrm4j.version>  <!-- WINRM4J_VERSION -->
         <felix-osgi-compendium.version>1.4.0</felix-osgi-compendium.version>
-        <kubernetes-client.version>6.9.2</kubernetes-client.version>
+        <kubernetes-client.version>6.8.1</kubernetes-client.version>  <!-- 6.9 switches to slf4j v2 which has compatibility issues -->
 
         <!-- Dependencies shipped with vanilla karaf; update these when we update the karaf version -->
         <karaf.version>4.3.8</karaf.version>