diff --git a/dmp-backend/pom.xml b/dmp-backend/pom.xml
index 938b5a8ea..da04bf703 100644
--- a/dmp-backend/pom.xml
+++ b/dmp-backend/pom.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <slf4j.version>1.7.12</slf4j.version>
         <jetty.version>9.0.7.v20131107
         </jetty.version> <!-- Adapt this to a version found on http://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/eclipse/jetty/jetty-maven-plugin/ -->
-        <logback.version>1.1.3</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.3</logback.version>
         <javax.inject.version>1</javax.inject.version>
         <javax.servlet.servlet-api.version>3.0.1</javax.servlet.servlet-api.version>
         <docker.image.prefix>ikalyvas</docker.image.prefix>