diff --git a/core-groovy-modules/core-groovy-2/gmavenplus-pom.xml b/core-groovy-modules/core-groovy-2/gmavenplus-pom.xml
index 975ad6f689..9d4c78dd5f 100644
--- a/core-groovy-modules/core-groovy-2/gmavenplus-pom.xml
+++ b/core-groovy-modules/core-groovy-2/gmavenplus-pom.xml
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.9</commons-lang3.version>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
-        <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
 
diff --git a/graphql-modules/graphql-spqr-boot-starter/pom.xml b/graphql-modules/graphql-spqr-boot-starter/pom.xml
index fd9ebc0224..e15be6d1fb 100644
--- a/graphql-modules/graphql-spqr-boot-starter/pom.xml
+++ b/graphql-modules/graphql-spqr-boot-starter/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 
     <properties>
         <graphql-spqr-spring-boot-starter-version>0.0.6</graphql-spqr-spring-boot-starter-version>
+        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.32</org.slf4j.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.7</logback.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/graphql-modules/graphql-spqr/pom.xml b/graphql-modules/graphql-spqr/pom.xml
index 756930f2ac..1d77246a7a 100644
--- a/graphql-modules/graphql-spqr/pom.xml
+++ b/graphql-modules/graphql-spqr/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@
 
     <properties>
         <spqr-version>0.11.2</spqr-version>
+        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.32</org.slf4j.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.7</logback.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/logging-modules/logback/pom.xml b/logging-modules/logback/pom.xml
index 8df95c18bb..016ac24ce2 100644
--- a/logging-modules/logback/pom.xml
+++ b/logging-modules/logback/pom.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@
         <docx4j.version>3.3.5</docx4j.version>
         <angus.mail.version>2.0.1</angus.mail.version>
         <angus.activation.version>2.0.0</angus.activation.version>
-        <logback.version>1.4.8</logback.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.4</slf4j.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.22</lombok.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-exec-plugin/pom.xml b/maven-modules/maven-exec-plugin/pom.xml
index f0d4706455..b62dedec7e 100644
--- a/maven-modules/maven-exec-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-modules/maven-exec-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-        <logback.version>1.2.6</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.4.11</logback.version>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/maven-modules/maven-integration-test/pom.xml b/maven-modules/maven-integration-test/pom.xml
index 4483bb2d55..27191d1148 100644
--- a/maven-modules/maven-integration-test/pom.xml
+++ b/maven-modules/maven-integration-test/pom.xml
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@
         <maven.build.helper.version>3.0.0</maven.build.helper.version>
         <jetty.version>9.4.11.v20180605</jetty.version>
         <jersey.version>2.27</jersey.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.7</logback.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/muleesb/pom.xml b/muleesb/pom.xml
index 8cdd3400e9..26b99c5414 100644
--- a/muleesb/pom.xml
+++ b/muleesb/pom.xml
@@ -217,6 +217,8 @@
         <munit.version>1.3.6</munit.version>
         <build-helper-maven-plugin.version>1.10</build-helper-maven-plugin.version>
         <mule-maven-plugin.version>2.2.1</mule-maven-plugin.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.7</logback.version>
+        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.32</org.slf4j.version>
         <maven-war-plugin.version>3.3.2</maven-war-plugin.version>
         <maven-install-plugin.version>2.5.2</maven-install-plugin.version>
     </properties>
diff --git a/parent-boot-3/pom.xml b/parent-boot-3/pom.xml
index dabcd7850b..bde3f8f760 100644
--- a/parent-boot-3/pom.xml
+++ b/parent-boot-3/pom.xml
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
         <java.version>17</java.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
-        <logback.version>1.4.4</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.4.11</logback.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.3</slf4j.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/patterns-modules/design-patterns-structural/pom.xml b/patterns-modules/design-patterns-structural/pom.xml
index e9b7194b73..473eb40b2e 100644
--- a/patterns-modules/design-patterns-structural/pom.xml
+++ b/patterns-modules/design-patterns-structural/pom.xml
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@
             <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
             <version>${log4j.version}</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
+            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/hibernate-jpa/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/hibernate-jpa/pom.xml
index 5a99c1c4d0..59ba6a2315 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/hibernate-jpa/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/hibernate-jpa/pom.xml
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
         <spring-boot.version>3.0.4</spring-boot.version>
         <h2.version>2.1.214</h2.version>
         <org.slf4j.version>2.0.7</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.4.6</logback.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-2/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-2/pom.xml
index 6bca6df2b9..dc108bb102 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-2/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-2/pom.xml
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@
         <oracle-database.version>21.9.0.0</oracle-database.version>
         <!--add note in the root pom.xml-->
         <org.slf4j.version>2.0.7</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.4.6</logback.version>
         <mysql-connector-java.version>8.0.33</mysql-connector-java.version>
     </properties>
 
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-3/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-3/pom.xml
index 5e8ad64a7a..96488ee907 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-3/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-boot-persistence-3/pom.xml
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
 
     <properties>
         <spring.boot.dependencies>2.1.8.RELEASE</spring.boot.dependencies>
+        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.32</org.slf4j.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.7</logback.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-data-eclipselink/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-data-eclipselink/pom.xml
index 34d8a1a6f8..54accd5583 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-data-eclipselink/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-data-eclipselink/pom.xml
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@
         <eclipselink.version>4.0.1</eclipselink.version>
         <h2.version>2.1.214</h2.version>
         <org.slf4j.version>2.0.7</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.4.6</logback.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/pom.xml b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/pom.xml
index c486a95e96..04c0dfe297 100644
--- a/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/pom.xml
+++ b/persistence-modules/spring-persistence-simple/pom.xml
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@
         <spring-data-jpa.version>2.2.7.RELEASE</spring-data-jpa.version>
         <simple-jndi.version>0.23.0</simple-jndi.version>
         <hsqldb.version>2.5.2</hsqldb.version>
+        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.32</org.slf4j.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.7</logback.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7429eb77d4..0e4759a26c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1265,8 +1265,8 @@
 
         <!-- logging -->
         <!-- overwriting in the slf4j and logback in the hibernate-jpa, spring-data-eclipselink. When updated to the latest version remove the version from that module-->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.32</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.2.7</logback.version>
+        <org.slf4j.version>2.0.7</org.slf4j.version>
+        <logback.version>1.4.11</logback.version>
 
         <!-- plugins -->
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.22.2</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
diff --git a/spring-4/pom.xml b/spring-4/pom.xml
index 681747c1f6..daf4bd7ff6 100644
--- a/spring-4/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-4/pom.xml
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@
         <hsqldb.version>2.4.0</hsqldb.version>
         <hikaricp.version>4.0.3</hikaricp.version>
         <log4j2.version>2.17.1</log4j2.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.7</logback.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-cloud-modules/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-modules/pom.xml
index 9c926bbe61..c9155329ae 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-modules/pom.xml
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@
         <spring-cloud-starter-feign.version>1.4.7.RELEASE</spring-cloud-starter-feign.version>
         <spring-cloud-starter-hystrix.version>1.4.7.RELEASE</spring-cloud-starter-hystrix.version>
         <spring-cloud-stream.version>3.1.3</spring-cloud-stream.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.7</logback.version>
+        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.32</org.slf4j.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-bootstrap/config/pom.xml b/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-bootstrap/config/pom.xml
index c1be447822..2c275e2562 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-bootstrap/config/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-cloud-modules/spring-cloud-bootstrap/config/pom.xml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <spring-cloud-dependencies.version>2021.0.7</spring-cloud-dependencies.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.7</logback.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-exceptions/pom.xml b/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
index 49c44f88f2..fc1b6562dc 100644
--- a/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-exceptions/pom.xml
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@
         <!-- maven plugins -->
         <maven-resources-plugin.version>2.7</maven-resources-plugin.version>
         <cargo-maven2-plugin.version>1.6.1</cargo-maven2-plugin.version>
+        <maven-war-plugin.version>3.3.2</maven-war-plugin.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.7</logback.version>
+        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.32</org.slf4j.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-integration/pom.xml b/spring-integration/pom.xml
index abf5cfb3d6..4cfff55796 100644
--- a/spring-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-integration/pom.xml
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@
         <maven-eclipse-plugin.version>2.10</maven-eclipse-plugin.version>
         <jaxb-api.version>2.3.0</jaxb-api.version>
         <postgresql.version>42.3.8</postgresql.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.7</logback.version>
+        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.32</org.slf4j.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-jenkins-pipeline/pom.xml b/spring-jenkins-pipeline/pom.xml
index 0d4ad05fc8..db9aa7f8b7 100644
--- a/spring-jenkins-pipeline/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-jenkins-pipeline/pom.xml
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@
 
     <properties>
         <checkstyle.version>2.17</checkstyle.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.7</logback.version>
+        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.32</org.slf4j.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-ldap/pom.xml b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-ldap/pom.xml
index 471ffff4a1..f6b4deb732 100644
--- a/spring-security-modules/spring-security-ldap/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-security-modules/spring-security-ldap/pom.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@
 
     <properties>
         <apacheds.version>1.5.5</apacheds.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.7</logback.version>
+        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.32</org.slf4j.version>
     </properties>
 
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-swagger-codegen/pom.xml b/spring-swagger-codegen/pom.xml
index d4fff7eb63..52754b1b63 100644
--- a/spring-swagger-codegen/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-swagger-codegen/pom.xml
@@ -21,4 +21,10 @@
         <module>spring-swagger-codegen-app</module>
     </modules>
 
+
+    <properties>
+        <logback.version>1.2.7</logback.version>
+        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.32</org.slf4j.version>
+    </properties>
+
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file