diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c1e246df32..007a69f227 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@
     <ehcache.version>2.4.4</ehcache.version>
     <freemarker.version>2.3.18</freemarker.version>
     <jetty.version>7.4.5.v20110725</jetty.version>
+    <logback.version>0.9.30</logback.version>
     <project.build.javaLevel>1.6</project.build.javaLevel>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <netbeans.hint.license>SCM-BSD</netbeans.hint.license>
diff --git a/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/pom.xml b/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/pom.xml
index c6ce557648..7ea33f0211 100644
--- a/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-clients/scm-cli-client/pom.xml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>${logback.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
diff --git a/scm-clients/scm-client-impl/pom.xml b/scm-clients/scm-client-impl/pom.xml
index 4ec16cb395..7573a84a67 100644
--- a/scm-clients/scm-client-impl/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-clients/scm-client-impl/pom.xml
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>${logback.version}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     
diff --git a/scm-plugin-backend/pom.xml b/scm-plugin-backend/pom.xml
index b469916271..e598fe18be 100644
--- a/scm-plugin-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-plugin-backend/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>${logback.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>
diff --git a/scm-webapp/pom.xml b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
index c43b81ad84..941820e016 100644
--- a/scm-webapp/pom.xml
+++ b/scm-webapp/pom.xml
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>0.9.29</version>
+      <version>${logback.version}</version>
     </dependency>
     
     <dependency>