diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5f88bff..8e5e0a2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
                 <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-                <version>1.1.3</version>
+                <version>1.2.0</version>
             </dependency>
             <dependency>
                 <!-- align with org.apache.hbase:hbase -->