diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ed5c32e..a193fac 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     <properties>
         <!-- logging -->
         <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.0</logback.version>
 
         <junit.version>4.12</junit.version>
         <org.hamcrest.version>1.3</org.hamcrest.version>