diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bf8b47f79..491bbdeae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 		<guava.version>19.0</guava.version>
 
 		<!-- test dependencies -->
-		<logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
+		<logback.version>1.2.13</logback.version>
 		<testng.version>6.9.10</testng.version>
 		<netty.version>4.1.11.Final</netty.version>
 		<hamcrest.library.version>1.3</hamcrest.library.version>