diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 586cc30db1..4eec89ab54 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
                 <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-                <version>1.4.14</version>
+                <version>1.5.3</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>