diff --git a/samediff-examples/pom.xml b/samediff-examples/pom.xml
index 2580e64803..8880f4b7a9 100644
--- a/samediff-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/samediff-examples/pom.xml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         <maven-shade-plugin.version>2.4.3</maven-shade-plugin.version>
         <jcommon.version>1.0.23</jcommon.version>
         <jfreechart.version>1.0.13</jfreechart.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
+        <logback.version>1.2.0</logback.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     </properties>