diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b16e0c3303..cdd8d13a67 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@
 
     <!-- logging libraries -->
     <slf4j.version>1.7.6</slf4j.version>
-    <logback.version>1.0.13</logback.version>
+    <logback.version>1.1.1</logback.version>
     <servlet.version>2.5</servlet.version>
     <guice.version>3.0</guice.version>
     <jersey.version>1.18</jersey.version>