diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2dee65e2..e63491b6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
   <properties>
     <formats-bsd.version>8.3.0</formats-bsd.version>
-    <logback.version>1.3.15</logback.version>
+    <logback.version>1.3.16</logback.version>
 
     <!-- NB: Avoid platform encoding warning when copying resources. -->
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>