diff --git a/examples/maven-plugin-example/pom.xml b/examples/maven-plugin-example/pom.xml
index d595aa8..64268fc 100644
--- a/examples/maven-plugin-example/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/maven-plugin-example/pom.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
         <mockito.version>2.17.0</mockito.version>
         <hamcrest.version>1.3</hamcrest.version>
 
-        <logstash-logback-encoder.version>5.3</logstash-logback-encoder.version>
+        <logstash-logback-encoder.version>7.0</logstash-logback-encoder.version>
         <slf4j.version>1.7.25</slf4j.version>
         <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
     </properties>