diff --git a/dropwizard-dependencies/pom.xml b/dropwizard-dependencies/pom.xml
index 989b1df9901..030f267a5e8 100644
--- a/dropwizard-dependencies/pom.xml
+++ b/dropwizard-dependencies/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
         <liquibase-core.version>3.8.8</liquibase-core.version>
         <liquibase-slf4j.version>2.0.0</liquibase-slf4j.version>
         <logback-throttling-appender.version>1.1.0</logback-throttling-appender.version>
-        <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.9</logback.version>
         <metrics4.version>4.1.5</metrics4.version>
         <mustache-compiler.version>0.9.6</mustache-compiler.version>
         <nullaway.version>0.7.8</nullaway.version>