diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d839caf39..6fdddd8ea 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
         <hamcrest-all.version>1.3</hamcrest-all.version>
         <mockito-core.version>1.10.19</mockito-core.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.12</slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.0</logback.version>
     </properties>
 
     <profiles>