diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8b33a5bd4..df70c010f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@
         <commons-codec.version>1.8</commons-codec.version>
 
         <slf4j.version>1.5.11</slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.11</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.7</logback.version>
         <simpledb-appender.version>0.9-linkid</simpledb-appender.version>
 
         <!-- JAX-WS -->