diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 32863182..55fe5cfd 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
             <artifactId>logback-core</artifactId>
-            <version>1.2.7</version>
+            <version>1.3.16</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.pdfbox</groupId>