diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0d70483..aa74763 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
         <slf4j-version>1.7.21</slf4j-version>
         <build-helper-maven-plugin-version>1.12</build-helper-maven-plugin-version>
         <junit-version>4.12</junit-version>
-        <logback-version>1.1.7</logback-version>
+        <logback-version>1.2.0</logback-version>
 
         <!-- for opensplice-idl-plugin -->
         <maven-project-version>3.0-alpha-2</maven-project-version>