diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9c89972..90b0e94 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 		<mrunit.version>1.0.0</mrunit.version>
 		<joda.version>2.3</joda.version>
 		<jackson.version>1.9.2</jackson.version>
-		<logback.version>1.0.13</logback.version>
+		<logback.version>1.2.9</logback.version>
 		<aws-java-sdk.version>1.9.38</aws-java-sdk.version>
 		<slf4j.version>1.7.5</slf4j.version>
 		<org.apache.avro.version>1.7.5</org.apache.avro.version>