diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 15bc08711a..e2c9b9f3ad 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@
     
     <!-- logging libraries -->
     <slf4j.version>1.6.4</slf4j.version>
-    <logback.version>1.0.3</logback.version>
+    <logback.version>1.0.4</logback.version>
     
     <servlet.version>2.5</servlet.version>
     <guice.version>3.0</guice.version>