diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index fd402f5..d8a61b9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.7</version>
+      <version>1.2.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Main code uses jul and tests log with log4j -->