diff --git a/common.gradle b/common.gradle
index 7086c162f..3560fd1e6 100644
--- a/common.gradle
+++ b/common.gradle
@@ -136,8 +136,17 @@ subprojects {
         Files.list(dir)
           .filter { it.toString().endsWith('.class') }
           .findAny()
-          .ifPresent { packageSet.add(rootDir.relativize(dir).toString()
-                         .replace(java.io.File.separatorChar, (char)'.') + '.*') }
+          .ifPresent {
+            // Using File.separator in the replace calls on windows does not seem to work and messes up the creation
+            // of the manifest files
+            if (rootDir.relativize(dir).toString().contains('\\')) {
+              packageSet.add(rootDir.relativize(dir).toString()
+                      .replace('\\', '.') + '.*')
+            } else {
+              packageSet.add(rootDir.relativize(dir).toString()
+                      .replace('/', '.') + '.*')
+            }
+          }
       }
     }
     
diff --git a/lib-ogc/swe-common-core/build.gradle b/lib-ogc/swe-common-core/build.gradle
index ad406fd0e..2ede6ecf6 100644
--- a/lib-ogc/swe-common-core/build.gradle
+++ b/lib-ogc/swe-common-core/build.gradle
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ group = 'org.vast.opengis'
 description = 'SWE Common Core'
 
 dependencies {
-  api 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.2.13'
-  api 'com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:6.2.8'
+  api 'ch.qos.logback:logback-classic:1.5.13'
+  api 'com.fasterxml.woodstox:woodstox-core:6.4.0'
   api 'com.google.code.gson:gson:2.11.0'
   api 'com.google.guava:guava:32.1.3-jre'
   api 'net.sf.trove4j:core:3.1.0'
diff --git a/sensorhub-core/src/main/java/org/sensorhub/utils/ModuleUtils.java b/sensorhub-core/src/main/java/org/sensorhub/utils/ModuleUtils.java
index 23eb2e8ab..a42de57aa 100644
--- a/sensorhub-core/src/main/java/org/sensorhub/utils/ModuleUtils.java
+++ b/sensorhub-core/src/main/java/org/sensorhub/utils/ModuleUtils.java
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 import org.sensorhub.api.module.ModuleConfig;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
-import org.slf4j.impl.StaticLoggerBinder;
 import org.vast.util.Asserts;
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.LoggerContext;
 import ch.qos.logback.classic.util.ContextInitializer;
@@ -218,11 +217,10 @@ public static Logger createModuleLogger(IModule<?> module)
         String moduleID = module.getLocalID();
 
         // if module config wasn't initialized or logback not available, use class logger
-        StaticLoggerBinder binder = StaticLoggerBinder.getSingleton();
-        if (moduleID == null || NO_ID_FLAG.equals(moduleID) ||
-            !binder.getLoggerFactoryClassStr().contains("logback"))
+        if (moduleID == null || NO_ID_FLAG.equals(moduleID)) {
             return LoggerFactory.getLogger(module.getClass());
-        
+        }
+
         // generate instance ID
         String instanceID = Integer.toHexString(moduleID.hashCode());
         instanceID = instanceID.replace("-", ""); // remove minus sign if any