diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f8f59518..ebbe404d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.11</version>
+      <version>1.4.11</version>
     </dependency> 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.github.mwiede</groupId>