diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c31e56284..43a154980 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.11</version>
+      <version>1.4.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Hamcrest is only here to make Infinitest happy. Not really used in the project. -->