diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2e5fcdaa..6253c269 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.cloudbees</groupId>
       <artifactId>syslog-java-client</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.6</version>
+      <version>1.1.7</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.jenkins-ci.plugins</groupId>