diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 68433704f..b39b22b8c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <spring.version>4.1.1.RELEASE</spring.version>
         <spring.data.commons.version>1.9.0.RELEASE</spring.data.commons.version>
 
-        <logback.version>1.1.2</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.0</logback.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.7</slf4j.version>
         <servlet.version>3.1.0</servlet.version>
         <jsr250.version>1.0</jsr250.version>