diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d74adb031..2bb09ef8f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>1.2.3</version>
+      <version>1.2.13</version>
     </dependency>
     <!-- Updating org.jvnet jaxb2 dependencies to 0.12.0 causes problems for the jaxb2-maven-plugin
           when trying to use toString, hashCode etc.