diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a5344ef..69e72ba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
         <jersey.server.version>1.19.1</jersey.server.version>
         <commons.compress.version>1.0</commons.compress.version>
         <lift.json.version>2.6.2</lift.json.version>
-        <logback.classic.version>1.0.9</logback.classic.version>
+        <logback.classic.version>1.2.0</logback.classic.version>
         <yars.nxparser.version>1.2.3</yars.nxparser.version>
         <aksw.keyname>AKSW.GPG</aksw.keyname>
     </properties>