diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e05c5ae..0b06cc3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
     <!-- logback 1.3.x is the last Java 8-compatible series; 1.5.x requires JDK 11+ -->
-    <logback.version>1.3.16</logback.version>
+    <logback.version>1.5.25</logback.version>
     <slf4j.version>2.0.17</slf4j.version>
     <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
     <java-utils.version>4.0.0</java-utils.version>