diff --git a/aptrust-common/pom.xml b/aptrust-common/pom.xml
index 0919402..062c4bf 100644
--- a/aptrust-common/pom.xml
+++ b/aptrust-common/pom.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   </build>
   <properties>
     <slf4j.version>1.6.4</slf4j.version>
-    <logback.version>1.0.1</logback.version>
+    <logback.version>1.2.0</logback.version>
   </properties>
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>