diff --git a/utils/xproc-maven-plugin/xprocspec-runner/pom.xml b/utils/xproc-maven-plugin/xprocspec-runner/pom.xml
index 0c4eb9a30..9ca1e0ab3 100644
--- a/utils/xproc-maven-plugin/xprocspec-runner/pom.xml
+++ b/utils/xproc-maven-plugin/xprocspec-runner/pom.xml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
       <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.11</version>
+      <version>1.2.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>