diff --git a/vertx/basic/pom.xml b/vertx/basic/pom.xml
index 50f550c5..b5f764f6 100644
--- a/vertx/basic/pom.xml
+++ b/vertx/basic/pom.xml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.3.15</version>
+            <version>1.5.19</version>
         </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>