diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ca88f39..5ab4c9b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
         <kafka.version>2.8.2</kafka.version>
         <!-- This was the last version to support Java 8 -->
-        <logback.version>1.3.15</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.3.16</logback.version>
         <lz4-java.version>1.8.0</lz4-java.version>
         <maven.assembly.version>3.6.0</maven.assembly.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>