diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 80332ef9dd..cf3f5029de 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
 
     <!-- logging libraries -->
     <slf4j.version>1.7.21</slf4j.version>
-    <logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
+    <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
     <servlet.version>2.5</servlet.version>
     <guice.version>3.0</guice.version>
     <jersey.version>1.19</jersey.version>