diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 024e6c9..df4e8f8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <vertx.version>3.6.1</vertx.version>
 
         <slf4.version>1.7.21</slf4.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.0</logback.version>
     </properties>
     <developers>
         <developer>