diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0bcfac7963..7e85982ba9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@
 
         <!-- logging -->
         <org.slf4j.version>1.7.30</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
 
         <!-- plugins -->
         <!-- can't upgrade the plugin yet; as there is an issue with 2.22 no longer running all the tests-->