diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 345d8706..640eb059 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
     // log
     testImplementation 'org.slf4j:jul-to-slf4j:2.0.12'
-    testRuntimeOnly 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.3.4'
+    testRuntimeOnly 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.5.3'
 
     testImplementation 'org.scala-lang:scala3-library_3:3.4.1'
     // pinned due to netty-tcnative-boringssl-static being pinned