diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aa7d345..6cb56bc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
         </sonatypeOssDistMgmtSnapshotsUrl>
         <!-- dependency versions -->
         <slf4j.version>1.7.13</slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.0</logback.version>
         <orientdb.version>2.1.8</orientdb.version>
         <aspectj.version>1.8.7</aspectj.version>
         <spring.version>4.2.4.RELEASE</spring.version>